On April 3, 2008, I will be on the faculty of “Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law” in Honolulu. I’ll be presenting two subjects, “Current Caselaw and Legislative Update,” and “Appealing an Administrative Zoning Decision. Also on the faculty are Jesse Souki and A. Bernard Bays. The complete agenda and registration information are
Links From Today’s Seminar
Thank you to all those who attended today’s Advanced Land Use Seminar. Here are the links to the cases I discussed. Also, for anyone who wants the Powerpoint presentation from the first session, email me.
- Wilkie v. Robbins – no Bivens claim for retaliation against property owner
- My Honolulu Advertiser op-ed on Wilkie
Land Use Seminar: February 20, 2008
There’s still time to register for the “Advanced Land Use and Zoning Law” seminar to be held on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu.
Topics include vacation rentals, big box zoning, affordable housing exactions, landowner liability for rockfalls, an environmental law update, and a summary of recent key decisions from
Podcast on $37m Federal Inverse Condemnation Judgment
In anticipation of the upcoming eminent domain conferences, ALI-ABA has posted a (free!) short podcast by Michael Berger about the recent $37 million inverse condemnation judgment against a northern California for causing the plaintiff’s land to become undevelopable wetlands (Yamagiwa v. City of Half Moon Bay, No. 05-4149 VRW (Nov. 28, 2007)).
Eminent Domain Seminars – January 2008
From January 3 – 5, 2008, ALI-ABA is putting on its annual program of eminent domain seminars, this time in San Francisco, California. Two programs are being offered: “Condemnation 101: Fundamentals of Condemnation Law and Land Valuation” for those who want a course on the basics, and “Eminent Domain and Land Valuation
▪ Links for “Progress in Protecting Property Rights Post-Kelo“
To my colleagues at the LINC conference in D.C., thank you for the opportunity to present the topic. Here are links to the cases discussed:
- Applying Kennedy’s Kelo concurring opinion – 49 Wb, LLC v. Village of Haverstraw, 2007 NY Slip Op. 05506 (Jun. 19, 2007) (New York)
- Blight slight – Mint Properties v.
▪ At the ALI-ABA Inverse Condemnation Conference
Light posting this week — I’m at the Inverse Condemnation and Related Government Liability conference. If you’re attending, please look me up; I usually sit in the back row. If you couldn’t attend this year, you really should consider it in the future: it’s a great conference.
▪ Takings and Historic Preservation: Penn Central
UH Law Professor Carl Christensen has kindly invited me to discuss takings law with the students in his historic preservation seminar on Monday. I think a good starting point is the granddaddy of historic preservation/regulatory takings decisions, Penn Central Trans. Co. v. New York City, 438 U.S. 104 (1978), a case that highlights
▪ Land Use and Zoning Seminar
To all those who attended today’s sessions on Practical Guide to Land Use and Zoning, thank you.
Here is the upcoming attorney’s fee case in the US Supreme Court that I mentioned, the Hawaii fee-shifting statute in cases of “development” without a permit in environmental matters, and California’s Ehrlich v. City of Culver City
▪ April 5: Hawaii Land Use and Zoning Seminar
There’s still time to register for Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law, to be held on April 5, in Honolulu. Details, including the complete agenda and registration form are here.
I’ll be leading a session on “Appealing an Administrative Zoning Decision,” in which we will go over the ins-and-outs of taking