The WMA Reporter, the monthly publication of the Western Manufactured Communities Housing Association has published A Regulatory Takings Glossary (or, How to Translate Property Rights Lawyerspeak), my short article that attempts to deconstruct some of the more common terms property lawyers toss about. Here’s the Introduction:
One of my law school professors once
According to this news release, the Ninth Circuit will offer remote viewing of the upcoming oral arguments in three en banc cases, including the rent control takings case, Guggenheim v. City of Goleta (which we’re following here).
“Remote viewing” does not mean you have to psychically tune into the arguments, nor does
On Tuesday, June 22, 2010 starting at 2:00 p.m., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear oral arguments in the en banc review of a takings challenge to the City of Goleta’s mobile home rent control ordinance (RCO).
In Guggenheim v. City of Goleta, 582 F.3d 996 (9th Cir., Sep.
Last week, we
Howard v. County of San Diego, No. D055419 (May 26, 2010).
This just in: the Ninth Circuit has issued an opinion in Adam Bros. Farming, Inc. v. County of Santa Barbara, No. 09-55315 (May 14, 2010).
Adam Bros. Farming, Inc. and Iceberg Holdings, L.L.C. (collectively “Adam Bros.”) appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their joint complaint. Adam Bros. sued the County of Santa Barbara and several of its employees (collectively “the county”) in federal court, alleging that the county had, through a false wetland delineation, temporarily taken its land without providing just compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment. The district court granted the county’s motion to dismiss and concluded that Adam Bros.’s claim was not ripe because Adam Bros. failed to demonstrate that it had sought and was denied just compensation under state law. Because we conclude that Adam Bros.’s claim is barred by the application of res judicata, we affirm the district court’s judgment.
More to follow after a chance to digest the opinion.
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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking to members of the Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association about some of the legal issues facing their businesses, and property owners in general. Here are the links I mentioned:
You already know that Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Paul Stevens has announced his retirement from the Court. On that august occasion, we look back on his “takings” opinions.
One commentator, lawprof
What we’re reading today:
To paraphrase comedian Jeff Foxworthy, if you understand the title of this post…you might be a regulatory takings lawyer.
And when you hear the terms “Rooker–Feldman” and “San Remo,” you know you are knee deep in the often-bizarre procedural maze where a regulatory takings claim in federal court
More on the closely-followed case rent control regulatory takings decision from the Ninth Circuit, Guggenheim v. City of Goleta, No. 06-56306 (Sep. 28, 2009), which is currently being reheard en banc by the Ninth Circuit.
Earlier, we posted a link to Professor Richard Epstein’s short article, Takings Law Made Hard, in which he