Here’s the second amicus curiae brief supporting the the cert petition in Arrigoni Ent., LLC v. Town of Durham, No. 15-631 (cert. petition filed Nov. 10, 2015). (Here’s the first.)
This brief was filed by the Institute for Justice, and authored by Supreme Court takings maven Michael Berger:
1. It is
Here’s the first in a series of amicus briefs we’re going to post which urge the Supreme Court to grant the cert petition in Arrigoni Ent., LLC v. Town of Durham, No. 15-631 (cert. petition filed Nov. 10, 2015).
This amicus brief was filed by the Cato Institute, and like the petition,
Here’s the first in a series of posts we’re going to put up, with the cert petition and the supporting amici briefs (ours included) in Arrigoni, Ent., LLC v. Town of Durham, No. 150631 (petition filed Nov. 10, 2015).
In that case, the Second Circuit in a two-sentence ruling, summarily affirmed the District Court’s dismissal
We are on the road today, so were not going to post. But when the case title is Perfect Puppy, Inc. v. City of East Providence, No.15-1553 (Dec. 8, 2015), who could resist?
Reading through the court of appeals’ passive-aggressive sniping at the plaintiff — a pet shop challenging the City’s ban on
Here’s the recently-published brochure with more details about the ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation LItigation conference, set for Austin in January 2016.
In the coming days and weeks, we’ll be posting more details about the conference. Our co-planning chairs Joe Waldo, Jack Sperber, and Andrew Brigham have assembled a great agenda, taught by
Here’s the full agenda for the 2016 Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation / Condemnation 101 Conference, January 28-30, 2016, in Austin, Texas.
Together with our friend and colleague Joe Waldo, we think we’re put together a pretty good program that covers a lot of ground. This is the first time the conference has been
Check this out, a story in the September 28, 2015 edition of the New York Times, “Owner of Grand Central Sues Developer and City for $1.1 Billion Over Air Rights.”
Reminds us of this obscure Supreme Court case we heard about…
The Times reports that the current owner of Grand Central Terminal
Here’s the latest in a case that we’ve been following, which was in both state and federal court, Bridge Aina Lea v. Land Use Comm’n.
The litigation is a series of two lawsuits that originated in state court in the Third Circuit (Big Island), one an original jurisdiction civil rights lawsuit, the other
Honchariw v. County of Stanislaus, No. F069145 (June 3, 2015), is one especially for you Californians, addressing the somewhat unusual process under state law for challenging a land use action by local government which is claimed to take property.
Under the California Supreme Court’s decision in Hensler v. City of Glendale, 876 P.2d
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following, a takings claim against the federal government which was dismissed by the Federal Circuit under 28 U.S.C. § 1500, the statute which deprives the Court of Federal Claims of jurisdiction over a case if a related case is pending in another court at the time