In Altman v. Brevard County, No. 5D19-1839 (July 10, 2020), the Florida District Court of Appeal considered a host of owner objections to a taking of easements over five beachfront lots:
(1) the County was required to obtain separate resolutions for each taking; (2) the County’s petition in eminent domain did not strictly comply
I must say that am pretty chuffed that one of my (now former) William and Mary Law students published a law review article, and he wrote about…takings. And Blackstone, and history.
Read it: Andrew Parslow, A Defense of the Regulatory Takings Doctrine: A Historical Analysis of This Conflict Between Property Rights and Public Good and
Oklahoma! where reservations were created and remain!
And the waivin’ claims, won’t abate
Cos’ the claims come years behind the pain!
Things I learned from yesterday’s Supreme Court opinion in McGirt v. Oklahoma (the one where the majority concluded that for purposes of the Major Crimes Act, eastern Oklahoma is still part of a reservation):
Today’s case is a short one, but worth the short bit of your time it takes to read it.
In Borders-Self Storage & Rentals, LLC v. Ky. Transp. Cabinet, No. 2019-CA-000217 (July 2, 2020), the Kentucky Court of Appeals held that the assessed value of property for property tax purposes is admissible if the
Here’s what we’re reading today, an article in the Albany Law Review, Judy M. Cornett & Heather H. Bosau, The Myth of the Country Lawyer, 83 Albany L. Rev. 125 (2020).
An interesting and worthy read. But what do I know, I’m just a caveman. Your world frightens and confuses me!
Check this out. In Willowbrook Apts, LLC v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, No. 1:20-cv-01818 (July 6, 2020), the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland denied the plaintiff/property owner’s motion for a temporary restraining order, in a case challenging the COVID orders that pretty dramatically alter the landlord/tenant relationship in Maryland:
Breaking! In H.C. Cornuelle, Inc. v. City and Cnty of Honolulu, No. 14068 (Haw. July 17, 1990), the Hawaii Supreme Court held that the City and County of Honolulu inversely condemned a strip of private property in downtown when it prohibited development and use of that land because the City intended to acquire it
As expected, a quick decision and opinion from the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, after yesterday’s hearing on the plaintiff’s request for extraordinary preliminary relief (a TRO and PI) in the case challenging the Hawaii Governor’s imposition of a 14-day self-quarantine on all travelers inbound to Hawaii (and other emergency orders, although
Last we checked in, the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii has granted the Hawaii Attorney General’s request to hold an in-person hearing on the plaintiffs’ motions for preliminary relief in the case challenging Governor Ige’s COVID-19 related orders (including travel quarantine). Unfortunately, that meant that those of us not able or
We joined friend and colleague Clint Schumacher for the milestone 50th episode of his essential Eminent Domain Podcast.
If you are not already a subscriber and regular listener, you should be. Clint features interesting guests (present company excepted) and listening in is a good way to keep our community together, especially when many of