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ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference – Jan 23-25, 2020, Nashville

By Robert H. Thomas on October 8, 2019

Posted in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 | Civil Rights, Appellate law, Court of Federal Claims | Federal Circuit, Due process, Eminent Domain | Condemnation, Environmental law, Events | Conferences, Inverse condemnation, Judicial Takings, Just Compensation | Appraisal, Land use law, Municipal & Local Govt law, Pipelines, Property rights, Public Use | Kelo, Redevelopment, Regulatory takings, Relocation | URA, Ripeness | Knick, Vested rights, Zoning & Planning

Berman International – Philippines Supreme Court: Takings Must Undergo “Painstaking” Judicial Scrutiny

By Robert H. Thomas on September 26, 2019

Posted in Appellate law, Development agreements, Eminent Domain | Condemnation, Municipal & Local Govt law, Property rights, Public Use | Kelo, Redevelopment

Reading through the opinion of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in City of Manila v. Roces Prieto, No. 221366 (Aug. 29, 2019), there is a lot there that will look familiar to U.S. lawyers, specifically U.S. eminent domain lawyers.

Viz.: It is up before the Court on a petition for certiorari, there…

Here’s The Agenda And Faculty For The 2020 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain And Land Valuation Litigation Conference, Nashville, Jan 23-25, 2020

By Robert H. Thomas on September 4, 2019

Posted in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 | Civil Rights, Administrative law, Appellate law, Attorneys Fees & Costs, Blight, Court of Federal Claims | Federal Circuit, Due process, Eminent Domain | Condemnation, Environmental law, Equal Protection, Events | Conferences, Inverse condemnation, Judicial Takings, Just Compensation | Appraisal, Land use law, Municipal & Local Govt law, Nollan/Dolan | Exactions, Penn Central, Pipelines, Property rights, Property tax, Public Use | Kelo, Rail, Rails-to-Trails, Redevelopment, Regulatory takings, Relocation | URA, Rent Control, Ripeness | Knick, Vested rights, Water rights | Public trust, Wildfires | Flooding, Zoning & Planning

You overwhelmingly asked for Nashville, and we’re bringing it to you!

Get ready, and hold your place now: here’s the list of programs and speakers for the 36th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference, to be held at the Downtown Nashville Hilton, January 23,- 25, 2020. Two-and-a-half days with top-notch national…

Get Ready: The 2020 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain And Land Valuation Litigation Conference Agenda Coming Soon

By Robert H. Thomas on August 22, 2019

Posted in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 | Civil Rights, Administrative law, Agriculture, Appellate law, Court of Federal Claims | Federal Circuit, Due process, Eminent Domain | Condemnation, Environmental law, Events | Conferences, Inverse condemnation, Just Compensation | Appraisal, Land use law, Municipal & Local Govt law, Nollan/Dolan | Exactions, Penn Central, Pipelines, Property rights, Public Use | Kelo, Rail, Rails-to-Trails, Redevelopment, Regulatory takings, Relocation | URA, Rent Control, Ripeness | Knick, Vested rights, Water rights | Public trust, Wildfires | Flooding, Zoning & Planning

The final agenda and faculty list will soon be officially published, but we wanted to give you a preview of what is in store at the ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference, January 23-25, 2020, at the Nashville Hilton (downtown, just a few steps away from everything that Nashville has to offer).

Don’t…

Tuesday Takings Round-Up: Alien Takings; Zombies; Kelo, Philippines-Style; Kafka

By Robert H. Thomas on August 20, 2019

Posted in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 | Civil Rights, Appellate law, Court of Federal Claims | Federal Circuit, Due process, Eminent Domain | Condemnation, Environmental law, Inverse condemnation, Land use law, Municipal & Local Govt law, Pipelines, Property rights, Public Use | Kelo, Redevelopment, Regulatory takings, Ripeness | Knick

Here’s what we are reading this Tuesday:

Could Eminent Domain Be The Zombie Mall Slayer? (Barista’s note: any time we see use of the eminent domain power bandied about as the solution to problems other than the lack of roads and post offices, we get nervous.)
RTC: Eminent domain can be delegated to private entities

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New Land Use Law Blog To Follow: Merriam’s Corner (“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Land Use”)

By Robert H. Thomas on August 6, 2019

Posted in Agriculture, Eminent Domain | Condemnation, Environmental law, Land use law, Municipal & Local Govt law, Property rights, Public Use | Kelo, Redevelopment, Regulatory takings, Rent Control, RLUIPA | religious land use, Vacation rentals, Zoning & Planning

Land users and dirt lawyers know Dwight Merriam. (And if you don’t, you are not really a land user, are you?)

He’s won landmark cases (has even beaten Yours Truly in one of those cases way back in the day). Written tons of articles and books. Edits Rathkopf. Contributes to Nichols. Mentored multiple generations…

Capt Henry Orders You To Boldly Go To The 2020 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain And Land Valuation Litigation Conference, Nashville, Jan. 23-25, 2020

By Robert H. Thomas on August 1, 2019

Posted in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 | Civil Rights, Appellate law, Court of Federal Claims | Federal Circuit, Development agreements, Eminent Domain | Condemnation, Environmental law, Events | Conferences, Inverse condemnation, Just Compensation | Appraisal, Land use law, Municipal & Local Govt law, Nollan/Dolan | Exactions, Penn Central, Pipelines, Property rights, Public Use | Kelo, Rail, Rails-to-Trails, Redevelopment, Regulatory takings, Relocation | URA, Rent Control, Ripeness | Knick, Zoning & Planning

Recently, we requested crowdsourcing of this year’s “come to the ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference video.” Instead of doing the video ourselves, we asked folks to “please send a short clip of you and/or your colleagues telling us why you think the Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference is the place to be…

Get Ready – ALI-CLE Eminent Domain And Land Valuation Litigation Conference, Nashville Jan. 23-25, 2020

By Robert H. Thomas on July 29, 2019

Posted in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 | Civil Rights, Court of Federal Claims | Federal Circuit, Due process, Eminent Domain | Condemnation, Environmental law, Events | Conferences, Inverse condemnation, Just Compensation | Appraisal, Land use law, Municipal & Local Govt law, Nollan/Dolan | Exactions, Penn Central, Pipelines, Property rights, Public Use | Kelo, Rail, Rails-to-Trails, Redevelopment, Regulatory takings, Relocation | URA, Rent Control, Ripeness | Knick, Wildfires | Flooding, Zoning & Planning

Details soon. In the meantime, get your earlier registration discount.

Cases And Links From Today’s Eminent Domain And Pipelines Conference (Houston)

By Robert H. Thomas on July 19, 2019

Posted in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 | Civil Rights, Appellate law, Court of Federal Claims | Federal Circuit, Development agreements, Eminent Domain | Condemnation, Environmental law, Events | Conferences, Inverse condemnation, Just Compensation | Appraisal, Municipal & Local Govt law, Penn Central, Pipelines, Property rights, Public Use | Kelo, Redevelopment, Regulatory takings, Relocation | URA, Ripeness | Knick, Zoning & Planning

I am grateful that planning chairs Justin Hodge and Jeremy Baker invited me to their conference. A room full of experts. Here are the links to the cases and other items I spoke about:

Knick v. Township of Scott: initial thoughts on what might be a dawning “golden age” of property cases
Knick, Entirely

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Colorado: A Lot Of Private Benefit Today Does Not Overcome Smattering Of Possible Public Future Benefit

By Robert H. Thomas on June 10, 2019

Posted in Eminent Domain | Condemnation, Property rights, Public Use | Kelo, Redevelopment

The Colorado Supreme Court issued an opinion in a case we’ve been following on public use in eminent domain. in which it reframed the Questions Presented.

In Carousel Farms v. Woodcrest Homes, No. 2018SC30 (June 10, 2019), the court reversed the court of appeals’ conclusion that a taking lacked a public purpose because…

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