Monday Reading: Raisin Redux, Beach Appeal Dismissal, Zoning, And More

Here's what we're reading today:

• From the Los Angeles Times, via Professor Kanner: "Those California raisins may be gone from the airwaves, but they're still making waves in court" - after Horne, what's next for the California raisin industry? 
• Remember that case about who owns parts of North Carolina's beaches, set for argument shortly (we filed an amicus brief in the case, by the way)? Well, in this terse order, the N.C. Supreme Court sua sponte (or "ex mero motu" as they call it there) dismissed the appeal, no reason given. Read "NC Supreme Court drops case over beachfront property" for some of the guesses why. 
• From Forbes: "Gallup, Zoning Is Reducing American Productivity And Making The Poor Poorer" (Many people are choosing to live in more expensive and smaller spaces, and "the Gallup report lays the real blame squarely on local elected officials and the influence of incumbent homeowners that constrain supply with aggressive zoning.")
• From Professor Richard Epstein: "The Environmental Permit Menace" (his thoughts on NEPA, if you couldn't guess already)  

 

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