More good takings news, hot off the press.
Before Cedar Point came down last week, we were all set to let you know about the Eleventh Circuit’s opinion in South Grande View Dev. Co., Inc. v City of Alabaster, No. 18-14044 (June 21, 2021), in which the court affirmed a jury verdict that
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
Mark your calendars for September 30 – October 1, 2021, and join us at the William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia for the 18th Annual Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference. It’s planned to be in-person, so when we mean “join us” we really mean join us.
This year the Conference will recognize the lifetime
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
This In Chambers Order recently issued by a federal district judge may just be the most unusual, flat-out wild judicial opinion we have ever read.
Citing the Gettysburg Address, Brown v. Board of Education, systemic racism (including eminent domain) systemic sexism, and a slew of newspaper articles, the Central District of California (without even
We suggest you take a read through the California Court of Appeal’s opinion in Felkay v. City of Santa Barbara, No. B304964 (Mar. 18, 2021). It’s all there: Lucas wipeout takings, futility and exhaustion, coastal zone property rights.
This is an inverse condemnation case, seeing compensation for the city denying the owner any economically
Dig this: property owners assert that the County’s right of way dedication ordinance is an unlawful exaction. You know the drill – logical nexus, rough proportionality, etc. Nollan, Dolan, Koontz. Here’s the short story: the owners sought subdivision plat approval without the dedication for public roads required by the ordinance. No deal. The County’s process
Read the allegations in the complaint that the Illinois Appellate Court recounted in Strauss v. City of Chicago, No. 1-19-1977 (Mar. 5, 2021), and they will make your hair curl in horror.
In short: a family rented the ground floor of its mixed residential-commercial building in Chicago to Double Door Liquors (a live music
How about buying what you thought was a retirement home, only to be told that if you want the local government’s ok change the form of ownership of the property you’ve got to offer any tenant a lifetime lease? Here’s the cert petition, filed today in a case we’ve been following for a while,