It’s a go for next Monday, June, 11, 2018, and the exclusive Honolulu screening of “Little Pink House,” the feature film about the Kelo v. City of New London case.
There are still some seats left, so if you are even thinking of attending, buy your ticket here, right now.
We’ve seen
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been tracking, the City of Missoula, Montana’s takeover of a privately-owned water system. In 2016, the Montana Supreme Court held that the city could exercise its power of eminent domain to take the property for a “more necessary” public use. The court allowed the city to take the
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following. In Alimanestianu v. United States, No. 17-1667 (May 7, 2018), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Court of Federal Claims’ ruling rejecting takings liability for the government wiping out a money judgment in favor of terrorism victims against the Libyan
The main point we’re trying to make in the amici brief we are filing today on behalf of Citizens’ Alliance for Property Rights Legal Fund in Knick v. Township of Scott, No. 17-647 (cert. granted Mar. 5, 2018), is that the average property owner simply cannot fathom why—if a state or local government has taken
Here’s the Petitioner’s Brief on the Merits in Knick v. Township of Scott, No. 17-647, the case in which the Supreme Court is being asked to revisit our old nemesis, Williamson County‘s “state exhaustion” requirement, a doctrine which tells takings plaintiffs that they cannot press a takings claim against state or local governments
Recently, Pennsylvania property owners filed two cert petitions (download here and here) asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review this question:
Whether the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act (HLPSA)1 preempts the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) jurisdiction to issue Certificates of Public Convenience resulting in eminent domain power when the HLPSA states it
You have about a week to reserve your tickets for the exclusive Honolulu screening of “Little Pink House,” the feature film about the Kelo v. City of New London case, scheduled for June 11, 2018:
Two key dates:
Here’s the latest in the Houston flood cases against the federal government asserting inverse condemnation, which we’ve been following.
In this Opinion and Order, the Court of Federal Claims (Judge Lettow) rejected the Government’s motion to dismiss, deferring it until trial. If you want a quick rundown of the case, the
Jeff Benedict, author of “Little Pink House,” the book about the Kelo v. New London eminent domain debacle (and now a movie) has made a video (at the still-vacant Fort Trumbull site), and written an op-ed, arguing that the land should be conveyed back to its former owners, including Ms. Kelo:
The Seventh Circuit’s opinion in New West, L.P. v. City of Joliet, No. 17-2865 (May 23, 2018) is short — 4 1/2 pages — and is written in Judge Easterbrook’s trademark plain language and breezy style. We picked it up anticipating of a good read. It was.
Then why did we have to read