Ripeness | Knick

We’re going to end 2018 with the latest in what we think was the most important issue of the past year (and which, we predict, will be the most important case in takings law for at least a decade when it likely gets decided in 2019), Knick v. Township of Scott, No. 17-647.

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We’re almost there, but we still have room remaining. At the 2018 Conference in Charleston, we both sold out the registrations and the conference hotel, so we planned ahead for the upcoming 2019 Conference in Palm Springs at the Renaissance Palm Springs Resort

Register here. You will also be able to download

Today’s post is long, but, we think, worth the investment of your time.

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A very good and active crowd for today’s Eminent Domain Conference (CLE International) in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was good to visit with some old friends, and also to get to meet some new colleagues.

Our talk focused on national trends, and this year’s most interesting condemnation and takings cases. Here’s the links to the cases

Here’s the final brief for Ms. Knick, replying to the Township’s and the Solicitor General’s supplemental letter briefs.

It’s very short, so you should read it yourself. But here’s what we think is the highlight:

Williamson County is irreconcilable with the traditional view that a Takings Clause claim accrues (and is actionable in federal court)

Here’s the third (and final) supplemental letter brief in Knick v. Township of Scott, No. 17-647 (which is set for reargument before the Supreme Court next month).

Of course, you should not be surprised that the Township disagrees with both Ms. Knick’s arguments, as well as the SG’s supplemental brief, and

As we wrote in this post, the federal government”s position in Knick v. Township of Scott, No. 17-647, which is set for reargument next month, has us a bit perplexed.

On one hand, the SG’s bottom line is good: property owners can bring their takings claims against local governments in federal as

Here’s the supplemental letter brief, filed today on behalf of Rose Mary Knick, as requested by the Supreme Court

Two more — by the Township and by the SG — to be filed today as well. We shall post those as they become available. 

Letter Brief of Rose Mary Knick, Knick v. Township