In which we pay a return visit to Clint Schumacher’s Eminent Domain Podcast to catch up with Clint about our new gig, Cedar Point (briefly, since the opinion came down the day we recorded the podcast), just compensation and attorneys’ fees, assessing severance damages in appraisals supporting jurisdictional offers, public use
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Mark Your Calendars: 2021 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, Sept 30-Oct 1 (in-person)
Mark your calendars for September 30 – October 1, 2021, and join us at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia for the 18th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference. It’s planned to be in-person, so when we mean “join us” we really mean join us.
This year the Conference will recognize the lifetime…
Mass SJC: New And Improved Means For Blight Elimination Uses Old And Worn Method: Eminent Domain
Under a Massachusetts statute, local redevelopment agencies have the power to respond to “decadent, substandard, and blighted open areas” either by creating an urban renewal project (redeveloping an area pursuant to a “detailed” and “comprehensive” plan; the statute expressly includes the power of eminent domain for urban renewal projects), or by a “demonstration” development (a…
The Future’s So Blight, I Gotta Wear Shades: New Cert Petition Asks To Reconsider Kelo In A Case Where The Stated Public Use Is To Avoid Possible Future Blight
For you original MTV folks
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following for a while (even since before the last time it went up to the Court). See this post (“The Chicago Way: City Taking Non-Blighted Property For Economic Development Was Not Pretextual Because…Studies“) and this one (“Illinois App: We…
Still Time To Join Us: ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference (Online!) This Thursday & Friday. Tuition Deals! #EminentDomain2021
Yes, it starts tomorrow, Thursday, January 28, 2021, but we’re “remote” this year, so it is not too late to register to join us for the 38th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference. This is the “big one” where the nation’s best practitioners, scholars, jurists, and other industry professionals gather to talk …
Your 2021 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference (Jan 28-29, Remote) BINGO Card
If you “get” this, you should be registered for the 38th Annual Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, to be held remotely on Thursday and Friday, January 28-29, 2021.
The list is growing rapidly, and you need to join us!
This is the “big one” where the nation’s best practitioners, scholars, jurists, …
Law Students: Register Free For The 38th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference (Jan 28-29, 2021)
Are you a law student interested in takings, eminent domain, land use, environmental, and other dirt-lawyering related topics? If so, good news: thanks to the generosity of ALI-CLE, you can register gratis (free!) for the upcoming 38th Annual Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, to be held remotely on Thursday and Friday, …
Eminent Domain Podcast’s Preview Of The Upcoming ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference
Our thanks to Clint Schumacher for having us on his program to talk about the upcoming Conference. We’re “remote” this year, but that means a different approach to our presentations (and a very modest tuition!).
We’re having programs with intriguing subjects such as “Planning to Win: Practical Strategies for a Successful Inverse Condemnation Case,”…
Registration Open: 38th Annual ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, Jan. 28-29, 2021 (Online)
The Latest Supreme Court Takings Case, Argued This Week
Earlier this week the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in its latest takings case.
Wait, what? Did we miss something? A takings case, argued this week?
No, you didn’t miss a land use or eminent domain case, but one in which Holocaust victims sued Germany in a U.S. court for seizure of property…







