Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following (one in which we guessed from the beginning was headed where it is today).
The Zitos claim that their property was taken without compensation. They sued for compensation in federal court. Knick tells us that this is okay, right? Well, the problem for the Zitos is
Worth reading: an article in ALI-CLE’s Practical Real Estate Lawyer, authored by our friends and colleagues Steve Clarke, Justin Hodge, Jeremy P. Hopkins, and Christian Torgrimson, “Inverse Condemnation: Standards and Burden of Proof.”
A subscription to PREL costs, but for this issue the good people at ALI have made it available for
We don’t read the New York Times all that much these days, but we couldn’t resist commenting on the recent op-ed authored by a former federal government lawyer that takes issue with recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court, “The Supreme Court Has Gone Off the Rails” (Oct. 4, 2021).
On one hand
As we’ve said before, you don’t need to know much about takings doctrine to understand that a challenge wherein the property alleged to have been taken are “bump stocks” — devices that allow rapid activation of a semi-automatic rifle such that it roughly imitates a fully-automatic weapon — to understand that courts
Next Tuesday, September 28, starting at 12:50pm ET, we’ll be moderating a talk sponsored by the William and Mary Law School chapter of the Federalist Society.
Professor Ilya Somin, a nationally-recognized expert in eminent domain, takings, and related topics, is zooming in to speak about “Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid and the Future
In case you missed it live, here’s the recording of the recent one-hour program on “The Future of Regulatory Takings at the Supreme Court,” featuring our colleagues Joshua Thompson (Pacific Legal Foundation) and Paul Utrecht (Utrecht & Lenvin, LLP), with Jim Burling (PLF) moderating.
The program discussed Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid
There’s still plenty of time to register and join us for the 18th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference at the William and Mary Law School, Thursday and Friday, September 30 and October 1, 2021.
Yes, you may attend in-person, or remotely. The registration fees are very reasonable, ranging from $0 (yes, free!) to $200
There’s a lot going on in this cert petition, recently filed. More fallout from the big auto bailouts. Regulatory vs physical takings. And more.
But what really grabs our attention starts on page 35. There, the petition asserts the property owner’s loss in this case is just part of a bigger picture in which
Here’s the pending cert petition asking the Supreme Court to take up (pun intended) a case involving a Penn Central taking.
This is another one of the cases from the big auto bailout/takeover. The plaintiffs are (former) Chrysler dealers whose dealership franchise contracts were sloughed off as part of the $38 billion federal bailout of