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Calling the case “tempestuous,” the New Jersey Law Journal (via law.com) summarizes this week’s New Jersey Supreme Court oral arguments in Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon,No. A-49-09 (certification granted Nov. 10, 2009). See Michael Booth, Town’s Taking of Beachfront Property Without Compensation Tested at Court (Mar. 24, 2010).

In Klummp v. Borough of Avalon

Courtesy of the New York Times is the backstory of Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009). This, of course, is the “judicial takings” case that was argued in the Supreme Court last December, and is now awaiting disposition (our summary page contains

Technology permitting, we are live blogging today’s oral arguments in Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon,No. A-49-09 (certification granted Nov. 10, 2009).

That’s the case in which the New Jersey Supreme Court is reviewing the decision from the AppellateDivision which held that the government can assert inverse condemnationin order to take property without compensation. (If

The New Jersey Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon,No. A-49-09 (certification granted Nov. 10, 2009), to review the decision from New Jersey’s AppellateDivision which held that the government can assert inverse condemnationin order to take property without compensation. (If that leaves you scratching your head, you are not

Barista’s note: we posted a version of this story before, on the 30th anniversary of the date the Court issued the opinion (December 4, 2009), but thought we would reprint a more detailed view, recently published in our firm’s newsletter, complete with photos.

Damon Key Celebrates Thirtieth Anniversary of Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Victory

What

Remember Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon, No. A-2963-07 (per curiam), the decision from New Jersey’s Appellate Division which held that the government can assert inverse condemnation in order to take property without compensation? 

As noted in this order dated November 19, 2009, the New Jersey Supreme Court has granted the property owners’ petition (available

The Federalist Societyhas posted a podcast of my Pacific Legal Foundation colleague Jim Burling discussing Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009):

If that doesn’t work for you, go here to download the mp3.

The Stop the Beach Renourishment case, which has been

Statelocalcover_1_2010_small The most recent edition of State & Local Law News has an article summarizing the arguments in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009). 

That case, which has been argued and is currently awaiting disposition by the Supreme Court, asks whether a state

Both parties have asked the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals to take another look at its opinion in Maunalua Bay Beach Ohana 28 v. State of Hawaii, No. 28175 (Dec. 30, 2009).

In that case, the court held (1) the Hawaii Legislature took existing littoral accretion when it assigned ownership of the accretion from

Noparking Many years ago I got a parking ticket, my first. Here’s the story: when I left the car, it was a legal space, no meter. In the few hours I was away, the city public works department erected a “no parking” sign and painted the curb red. The police were equally efficient, and by the