On Friday, August, 13, 2010, Governor Lingle nominated Associate Justice Mark E. Recktenwald to be the next Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court. His appointment comes one week after the Hawaii Senate did not consent to the governor’s first appointment to the position, Intermediate Court of Appeals Judge Katherine Leonard.
Justice Recktenwald has served
Heads up to all those who will be attending the upcoming ABA annual meeting in San Francisco. Please mark your calendars for Thursday, August 5 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm at the Bingham McCutchen offices at Three Embarcadero Center for a panel discussion on Careers in State and Local Government Law, sponsored by the
Pasadena, California (June 23, 2010) – Even in the rarefied, academic atmosphere of an appellate court, an advocate must sometimes have a thick skin. Today’s Ninth Circuit en banc oral arguments in the rent control takings case, Guggenheim v. City of Goleta, was one where the two lawyers who argued the case certainly came
This just in: the Supreme Court has issued opinions in the judicial takings case, Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 (cert. granted June 15, 2009):
JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, IV, and V, concluding that the Florida Supreme Court
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Texas v. Hearts Bluff Game Ranch, Inc., No. 03-09-00598-DV (May 13, 2010),
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Carl Ronnie Daricek Living Trust v. Hancock County, No. 2009-IA-01515-SCT (May 13, 2010).
In Guggenheim v. City of Goleta, 582 F.3d 996 (9th Cir., Sep. 28, 2009), a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the city’s mobile home rent control ordinance (RCO) was a regulatory taking. The court found the case ripe under Williamson County, and addressed the
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens recently announced that he’s retiring. In property law circles, he is most recently remembered for authoring the majority opinion in Kelo.
Here’s our collection of Stevens-related takings issues
Thank goodness for small things. At least book collectors in Los Angeles do not need to get “secondhand book dealer” permit from the government simply because they buy used books.
In Hopp v. City of Los Angeles, No. B215265 (decided Mar. 9, 2010; published Apr. 6, 2010), the California Court of Appeal (Second District)
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