This Friday, August 6, 2010 from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. as part of the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, the Section of State and Local Government Law is co-sponsoring a panel discussion of what was, in my opinion, the most fascinating case of the Supreme Court’s recently-concluded term, Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v.
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There Once Was Some Land In Nantucket … Mass SJC Considering Public Trust And Torrens Title Case
Update: The court issued its opinion this morning.
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Is there anyone who can resist, when something Nantucket-related (mostly SFW) comes up, to launch into a limerick? We sure couldn’t.
But we will spare you our bad poetry this time, and instead focus on an appeal now under consideration by the Supreme Judicial Court…
More On The “Judicial Takings” Case (Stop The Beach Renourishment)
More on the “judicial takings” case, Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 (June 17, 2010).
Remember that at the ABA Annual Meeting next month in San Francisco, the Section of State and Local Government Law is co-sponsoring a panel discussion of the case. I’ll be moderating, and…
Final Brief In Torrens Title And Public Trust Appeal
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”…
Guest Post: Beach Decision Draws No New Line In Sand
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…
Of Pruneyards, Woodchucks, And Waterborne Hot Dog Stands: Justice Scalia’s “Silk Purse” Prose In Stop The Beach Renourishment
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“silk purse” but our JD is from a “sow’s ear”
ABA Panel On Stop The Beach Renourishment (San Francisco, 8/6/2010)
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…
Stop The Beach Links
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:
- Unclear Outcome in Key Supreme Court Property Rights Case (Volokh Conspiracy)
- Stop the Beach: The Difference a Recusal Can Make (Blog of Legal Times)
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First Summary And Analysis Of Stop The Beach Renourishment Judicial Takings Case
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…
Scalia, J.: “How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck If A Woodchuck…”
Things I never thought I would see in a Supreme Court opinion include the riddle “how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood,” but there it is, in black and white on page 11 of Justice Scalia’s opinion today in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t …