An interesting story in the LA Times about eminent domain abuse and free speech in St. Louis, Missouri, "Political protest hits a brick wall." The story details the conflict between a property owner who commissioned a two-story mural on the side of a building that says "End Eminent Domain Abuse" and city officials who have asked a federal court to hold that it violates the city's restrictions on the size of signs. The owner claims its not the size that offends the city mothers and fathers, but the message. The story has a great big photo of the mural, so you can decide for yourself.
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- Robert H. Thomas is a lawyer focusing on property, takings, eminent domain, and appellate law
He also serves as the Joseph T. Waldo Visiting Chair in Property Rights Law at the William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Recent Posts
- Farm [Eminent Domain] Lawyer - The Doohickeys
- CA4: Being Blocked From Accessing Your Beach House For 45 Days Isn't A Physical Taking (Or Any Kind Of Taking)
- Hey Honolulu, RSVP To Join Us: Nolan Gray, "Are zoning laws the cause of Hawaii's housing crisis?" Feb 15 @5:30, U.H. Law School
- An Ordinance Isn't A Taking Because It's A Valid Exercise Of Police Power?: What The Heck Is Going On In The Texas Court Of Appeals (First District)?
- CA11: Majority's Response To Dissent's Claim That After Butch Cassidy Defaults, FDIC's Receivership Is A Taking: "Oh my goodness"
- Guest Post - Kady Valois, "Divide (Or Not) and Conquer: Florida's Test For The Regulatory Takings Larger Parcel"
- (Nearly) Last Call: There's Still Time To Join Us For The 40th ALI-CLE Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Conference, Feb 1-4, Austin
- Federal Court: Seattle Facilitating Downtown Takeover Takings Claim Is Going To Trial
- Lucky Friday The Thirteenth: SCOTUS Grants New Takings And Excessive Fines Case
- CA4: Property Owner Isn't "Vested" So No Takings Property
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books & articles
The Law of Eminent Domain - A Fifty State Survey (ABA 2011)
Eminent Domain - A Handbook of Condemnation Law (ABA 2011)
At the Cutting Edge 2009: Land Use Law from The Urban Lawyer (D. Merriam, ed. 2010)
Recent Developments in Public Use and Pretext in Eminent Domain, 41 Urban Lawyer 563 (Oct. 2009)
The Ninth Circuit Rediscovers Substantive Due Process in Land Use Cases (Dec. 2008)
reviews
- Names on the Land (2008)
Battle For Brooklyn (Rumur Films 2011)
Regulating Paradise: Land Use Controls in Hawaii by Professor David J. Callies (2d ed. 2010)
Regulatory Takings by Professor Steven J. Eagle (2013)
Takings International: A Comparative Perspective on Land Use Regulations and Compensation Rights, Professor Rachelle Alterman, ed. (ABA Section of State and Local Government Law 2010)
Property Rights, Eminent Domain, and Regulatory Takings Re-Examined Bruce L. Benson, ed. (Independence Institute 2010)
Little Pink House - A True Story of Defiance and Courage by Jeff Benedict (2009)
The Complete Guide to Zoning by Dwight H. Merriam (2005)
Bulldozed: 'Kelo,' Eminent Domain and the American Lust for Land by Carla T. Main (2007)
Eminent Domain Use and Abuse: Kelo in Context, Dwight H. Merriam, editor (2007)
podcasts
- IJ's "Bound by Oath" Podcast, Ep. 9: Excessive Fines, 14th Amendment Incorporation (And The Just Compensation Clause) We Join IJ's "Short Circuit" Podcast To Talk Virginia Oyster Takings, Colorado Wild Eminent Domain Abuse Cert Petition, And Berman International Eminent Domain Podcast Interviews William & Mary Law Students Clint Schumacher's Eminent Domain Podcast Is Back - Six Degrees Of Williamson County Ripeness ... And Elvis Clint Schumacher's New Eminent Domain Podcast Podcast: Interview With Ted Balaker, Producer Of The Upcoming Kelo Movie "Little Pink House" Interview With The Filmmaker: Michael Galinsky On "Battle of Brooklyn" Taking Accretion By Legal Erosion: Summary Of The Oral Arguments In The Hawaii Beach Takings Case
The Kauai Property Tax Charter Amendment Case (KKCR FM 92.7)
Legal and Other Issues In Honolulu's Rail Project (Think Tech Hawaii, KIPO FM 89.3)
live blog archive
- Judge McKenna Senate Hearing (2/4/2011)
Governor's Announcement of Judge Sabrina McKenna as Associate Justice, HAWSCT (1/25/2011)
Must A Property Owner Seek To Change The Law To Ripen A Federal Takings Claim? (HAWICA, 12/8/2010)
Justice Recktenwald Senate Hearing (8/25/2010)
Judge Leonard Senate Hearing (8/3/2010)
New Jersey's "Bizarre Condemnation" - Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon (NJ Supreme Court, 3/22/2010)
Columbia Eminent Domain Oral Arguments (NY Court of Appeals 6/1/2010)
Turtle Bay/Kuilima Supplemental EIS case (HAWSCT, 12/17/2009)
Atlantic Yards eminent domain abuse (NY Court of Appeals, 10/14/2009)
Ala Loop Homeowners: are state zoning laws "environmental" statutes (HAWSCT, 10/14/2009)
links
- Professor Mandelker's Land Use Law
- Julie Tappendorf's Municipal Minute
- Professor Kanner's Gideon's Trumpet
- Bulldozers at Your Doorstep - Goldstein, Rikon, Rikon & Houghton
- Eminent Domain Law Blog by Owners Counsel of America
- Rick Rayl's California Eminent Domain Report
- ABA State & Local Govt Law Section, Condemnation Law Committee
- Mark Murakami's Hawaii Ocean Law
- Dwight Merriam's RLUIPA Defense
- McKirdy & Riskin's NJ Condemnation Law
- Tred Eyerly's Insurance Law Hawaii
- Dean Patty Salkin's Law of the Land
- PLF's Liberty Blog
- Ackerman Ackerman & Dynkowski's National Eminent Domain Blog
- Jesse Souki's Hawaii Land Use Law & Policy
- New Jersey Eminent Domain Law Blog
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