You’ll definitely want to check out the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit’s opinion in Makrilov v. City of Jersey City, No. 21-1786 (Aug. 16, 2022).
Not because it reaches any earth-shattering conclusions — the opinion unsurprisingly concluded that the city’s restricting (but not eliminating) short-term rentals (less than thirty days) was
Here’s a must-read from the Texas Court of Appeals (Second District).
In City of Grapevine v. Muns, No. 02-19-00257 (Dec. 23, 2021),
Before 2018, the city’s 1982 zoning ordinance authorized “single-family detached dwellings” and didn’t say anything about short-term renting (short-term being defined as less than 30 days). The ordinance didn’t expressly authorize it
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We only had an hour together, so naturally could not cover everything of interest (indeed, we reserved a
A short, land-usey one today, from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In Styller v. Zoning Board of Appeals, No. SJC-12901 (June 7, 2021), the court held that the plaintiff’s “occasional” use of a home to rent to others short-term is not a legal primary use of property in a “single residence’ zoning district.
The
A short, land-usey one today, from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In Styller v. Zoning Board of Appeals, No. SJC-12901 (June 7, 2021), the court held that the plaintiff’s “occasional” use of a home to rent to others short-term is not a legal primary use of property in a “single residence’ zoning district.
The
We’re hoping that someone can explain the Florida District Court of Appeal’s recent opinion in Bondar v. Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony, No. 4D19-2118 (May 5, 2021) in a way that makes sense other than the old apocryphal tale of “I don’t know why we do things this way, except that we’ve always done
The latest issue of The Urban Lawyer, the scholarly law journal of the ABA’s Section of State and Local Government Law (our Section) has been published. Takings mavens are going to like this one:
As expected, a quick decision and opinion from the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, after yesterday’s hearing on the plaintiff’s request for extraordinary preliminary relief (a TRO and PI) in the case challenging the Hawaii Governor’s imposition of a 14-day self-quarantine on all travelers inbound to Hawaii (and other emergency orders, although
Please plan on joining us on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at 1pm ET (10am PT) for a long-form program on “Emergency and Police Power: Property Claims in Times of Crisis.”
Our speakers are Professors Craig Konnoth (Colorado) and John Nolon (Pace), and one of the lawyers on the forefront of the nationwide legal