Why we like law blogging: a commenter added to our recent post on Judge Katherine Leonard's opinions during her tenure as an Associate Judge on the Intermediate Court of Appeals.
In the 2009 Roxas case (regarding the extension of a $6 million judgment against Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos), http://www.state.hi.us/jud/opinions/ica/2009/ica28702.htm, Judge Foley wrote the opinion, Judge Leonard concurred, and Judge Nakamura dissented.
The Supreme Court accepted cert, vacated the ICA's ruling, and sent the case back to circuit court. http://www.state.hi.us/jud/opinions/sct/2009/28702.htmTo the commenter, thanks for the additional case reference. Judge Leonard's separate concurring opinion can be read here.
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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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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)
Recent Posts
- Death By A Thousand Days: The Courts "have enabled interest groups to transform the bench into a tool to stymie any new development. It is long past time to correct our mistake."
- Va App: When Statute Requires Condemnor Provide 60-Year History Examination Of Title But It Doesn't Do So, Guess What?
- Happy 810th (The) Magna Carta (Charta) Day!
- And The 2025 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize Goes To...Professor William Fischel
- CA8: Local Ordinances Regulating Pipelines Are Preempted By State And Federal Pipeline Law
- New Article: Note, “Background Principles” and the General Law of Property, 138 Harv. L. Rev. 2071 (June 2025)
- New Podcast: "Property Rights, Regulation, and the Rule of Law with Donald Kochan"
- Florida: Taxi Licenses May Have Been Declared "Private Property," But They Aren't Actually Private Property
- Should We Make Anything Of The Supreme Court's Denial Of Four Property Rights Petitions?
- Fed Cir Denies En Banc, Tees Up SCOTUS: Can There Still Be A Taking If Government Acts Illegally? Is Prohibiting Eviction A Physical Taking?
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)
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