Yesterday, we were able to attend the Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a case which we posted on last month, Rancho de Calistoga v. City of Calistoga, No. 12-17749.
In that case, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the complaint filed by the owner of a wine country…
The wheels of justice may grind slowly, but they do grind. Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit granted a motion we filed back in June 2013, and permitted us to file this amicus brief on behalf of the Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association in a case that is scheduled to be argued in mid-February 2015, Rancho de …
Here’s what caught our eye today:
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Update: San Francisco is going to appeal.
It cost a lot to live in San Francisco, these days. A whole lot, whether you own, or rent.
If you’re a renter, however, you should hope and pray that your landlord wants out of the rental business. Because under a San Francisco ordinance, property owners…
Remember that decision by a U.S. District Court in Tampa, Florida last year that we crowed about? The court held that a county’s “Right of Way Preservation Ordinance” which allows it to land bank for future road corridors by means of an exaction is “both coercive and confiscatory in nature and constitutionally…
Rent control cases rarely thrill us. They’s often long, the ordinances and rules being challenged are usuallylabyrinthian, and from our point of view, the results are mostly unsatisfying.
The California Court of Appeal’s recent opinion in Colony Cove Properties, LLC v. City of Carson, No. B227092 (Oct. 21, 2013) doesn’t deviate from that pattern:…
Please join us this upcoming Monday, August 19, 2013 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time for a telebriefing, “Regulatory Takings Claims in California – Implications of Recent Decisions and Advice for Practitioners and Government Agencies.”
Brad Kuhn (Nossaman, California Eminent Domain Report) is the program Chair and will serve as moderator…
When reading the Ninth Circuit’s latest foray into the regulatory takings doctrine which holds that a muncipal rent control ordinance did not qualify under Penn Central (MHC Financing Ltd P’ship v. City of San Rafael, No. 07-15983 (Apr. 17, 2013), we were reminded of the opening line in Andy Williams’ signature tune “…
This just in: the Ninth Circuit has issued an opinion in MHC Financing Ltd P’ship v. City of San Rafael, No. 07-15983 (Apr. 17, 2013), reversing the District Court’s decision that the city’s mobilehome rent control ordinance was a taking under Penn Central.
More, after a chance to review the opinion.
Mark your calendars for next Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern (noon CT, 11:00 a.m. MT, 10:00 a.m. PT, 7:00 a.m. Hawaii Time) for “Recent Developments in Eminent Domain,” a live audio program sponsored by Lorman Education.
It’s a 1.5 hour teleconference discussing some of the more important recent court decisions…
