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The State of Hawaii has filed a brief responding to the amicus brief we filed in June in In re Trustees Under the Will of the Estate of James Campbell, No. 30006, an appeal now under review by the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals. The issues in the case include the nature of “Torrens”…

Here are items we’re reading today, in no particular order:

  • Bill Ward’s thoughts on Klumpp v. City of Avalon, the recent New Jersey Supreme Court case about inverse condemnation and beach restoration. Our take here.
  • From Honolulu Civil Beat comes Michael Levine’s recent three-part series on the multi-billion dollar Honolulu rail project. Start

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Today, we bring you guest commentary on Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-1151 (June 17, 2010), last week’s Supreme Court decision on judicial takings and ownership of replenished beaches. 

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Beach Decision Draws No New Line in Sand

But high court launches debate about topic of judicial…

The New Jersey Supreme Court today issued a unanimous opinion in Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon, No. A-49-09 (Jun. 22, 2010), the case the New Jersey Law Journal described as the “bizarre condemnation” after the Appellate Division held that the government can assert inverse condemnation in order to take property without…

In its Thursday editorial, Common Sense and Private Property, the New York Times barely conceals its derision for both the property owners who instituted takings claims in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-1151, and the four-Justice plurality who set forth the standards for judicial takings, but…

Here’s a round up of the latest commentary and analysis of yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-1151.

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Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 is generating a lot of analysis and commentary. When the case was filed and argued, we suspected it would generate keen interest, so in anticipation, the ABA’s State and Local Government Law Section assembled…

Here are some links to analysis of today’s U.S. Supreme Court opinions in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11:

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Professor Ben Barros has posted the first analysis and summary of today’s Supreme Court opinions in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11. See Supreme Court Rules in Stop the Beach.

The Supreme Court today ruled in the Stop the Beach judicial takings case.  In an opinion…