[Barista’s note: is it any coincidence that Constitution Day is just one day — a single day! — before National Cheeseburger Day? Two awesome days in a row a coincidence? We think not.]
On the day we celebrate Constitution Day (or should we say Khaaaaan-stitution Day?) we have to admit that pretty much nothing…
We’ve been meaning to write up the U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision in a case we’ve been following, Protect Our Parks, Inc v. Chicago Park District, No. 19-2308 (Aug. 231, 2020), but our Illinois colleague Mike Ryan was quicker on the draw.
Rather than summarize Mike’s write up, we simply suggest you go…
As if to respond to a sibling federal court’s recent order upholding a covid-reaction shut down orders, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania’s opinion in County of Butler v. Wolf, No.2:20-cv-00677 (Sep. 14, 2020) reaches an entirely different conclusion:
The fact is that the lockdowns imposed across the United States…
The District Court’s bottom line in Lukes Catering Service, LLC v. Cuomo, No. 20-CV-1086 (Sep. 10, 2020)? The New York governor’s emergency orders aimed at coronavirus “imposing quarantines, mandating workforce reductions, closing schools, requiring face-coverings, and restricting activities of all types,” are not takings of the businesses of event, banquet, and catering services that…
If you are available at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time today (Wednesday, September 9, 2020), tune in to the Michigan Supreme Court’s YouTube channel and watch and listen live as the court hears arguments in a case challenging the governor’s exercise of emergency powers to respond to the covid epidemic.
The case started in U.S. District…
Here’s the amicus brief we filed last week in a case we’ve been following closely, Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, No. 10-104 (cert. petition filed July 29, 2020).
That’s the case in which a 2-1 Ninth Circuit panel affirmed the dismissal of a complaint for failure to plausibly state a takings claim…
Please join us and a panel of expert speakers including our friend and colleague Tony Della Pelle (see the flyer for the complete list), this Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 1pm Eastern Time for the ABA-produced webinar “Governmental Emergency Powers and the Constitutional Implications Arising from Pandemic Orders.”
Free to ABA members, …
In Hawaii we employ a phrase, “how can?” as a shorthand response when you’re wondering how something can be. It’s easy, short, and more efficient than saying “I’m sorry, I don’t understand how you think you can accomplish this.”
Thus, “how can?” was our first response when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’…
Here, the ruling of the Massachusetts Superior Court (Suffolk County) in Matorin v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, No. 2084CV01334 (Aug. 26, 2020).
The short story is that the court denied the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction on the grounds that they were not likely to succeed on the merits of their as-applied regulatory takings…
News just in: we’ve just received confirmation that the Conference will not be in-person in Scottsdale in January 2021, and we’re going online.
Not a big surprise, but still a bit disappointing, and it’s a shame that the circumstances won’t allow us to meet in-person to talk shop and to renew our friendships like we…
