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The_men_who_stare_at_goats 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.

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.
Continue Reading New Ninth Circuit Ripeness And Res Judicata Regulatory Takings Case

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:

  • Curbing abuse of eminent domain – A Denver Post editorial on a new Colorado statute designed to limit the power of the government to declare farmland “blighted” (“The new law says land that has been classified by the county assessor as agricultural land cannot be condemned for urban renewal. However, it

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 “RookerFeldman” 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

In granting a special zoning exemption to Shelter House, Iowa City allowed it to build a homeless shelter on land next to Mr. and Mrs. Dahlen’s mobile home park. After losing their challenge to the zoning exemption, the Dahlens filed suit in federal court alleging the exemption violated their due process rights.

That claim was