Weird headline from KITV. No, owners whose property is taken for the rail aren’t “profiting” if they are able to get more for their land than what the condemning agency offered; “just compensation and damages” are required by the constitution, and if they are able to obtain more, in many cases that still leaves them
Tommorrow’s Public Rail Project Forum: Eminent Domain, Just Compensation, And Protecting Property Rights
As reported yesterday by Pacific Business News (“HART acquired 34 properties for $70M along Honolulu rail transit route, new report says“), “[t]he Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation has acquired 34 properties totaling about $70.2 million thus far along the 20-mile rail transit route, including the recent purchase of a former sports bar property
Your Thoughts On The Venue And Topics For 2016’s ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference?
Although we just wrapped this year’s ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation and Condemnation 101 conferences, we’ve already started to think about the 2016 programs.
Those of you who attended this year or have attended in the past, please watch your email inboxes in the next few days for an informal survey from
Californians: Upcoming Eminent Domain Seminar, March 5, 2015 (And It’s Free!)
If you are a “public agency staff, an appraiser, or a right-of-way consultant” (or, we presume, a lawyer) in California, check this out: a free half-day seminar on eminent domain issues in Costa Mesa on Thursday, March 5, 2015, presented by the Nossaman law firm, the guys who produce the California Eminent Domain
Links From Day Two, ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference
Here are the links from our opening sessions this morning:
- “The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but
ALI-CLE 2015 Eminent Domain Conference: Links From Today’s Presentation
Here are the cases which I spoke about this morning at the 2015 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation conference:
- Brandt: Supreme Court benchslap on Rails-to-Trails
- Utah: You might have a public use problem if your only reason for taking excess property is that you wanted to avoid litigating severance damages
- Fourth
One Of The Best Things About The 2015 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference…
Still Time To Join Us For The 2015 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Programs In San Francisco
This could be your view, winging your way to San Francisco in a couple of weeks, to join us for the 2015 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference (and the concurrent Condemnation 101 program), at the Hotel Nikko, February 5-7, 2015.
There’s still a few spaces left, and time to register. We’re the
2015 Hawaii Land Use Law Conference
Ben Kudo and David Callies, leading off
Professor Richard Epstein began the Hawaii Land Use Law Conference with the keynote presentation on “Stealth Takings: Exactions, Impact Fees, and More,” which was his usual comprehensive and non-stop takedown of takings law.
Our panel on Impact Fees and Exactions After Koontz followed, and here are
Still Time To Join Us For The 2015 Hawaii Land Use Conference (Jan. 15-16)
Here’s the final program and faculty list for the 2015 Hawaii Land Use Conference, coming up Thursday and Friday, January 15-16, 2015, in downtown Honolulu.
This is the bi-annual gathering of Hawaii’s land use mavens, and this year’s program has two very special presenters. Storied lawprof Richard Epstein (perhaps more than a “mere mortal”