Here’s one we’ve been meaning to post for a while because it is on one our favorite (sub)topics: attorneys’ fees in eminent domain. Indeed, it is about what we consider a very interesting subtopic of the subtopic, the question of whether an owner can recover attorneys’ fees for the efforts expended in recovering attorneys’ fees
Cal App: Airport Didn’t Take Property By Adopting A Safety Plan That Prohibited Nearby Building (But Maybe The City Did)
We were all set to dive into the California Court of Appeal’s opinion (rendered in September, but only published yesterday) in Dryden Oaks, LLC v. San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, No. D069161 (Oct. 19, 2017), when our colleague Bryan Wenter beat us to the punch.
So we won’t go into detail, and recommend
2018 ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference – Agenda And Faculty Now Posted
The complete agenda and faculty list has now been posted on the ALI-CLE website, and early registration is open! Go now and reserve your spot.
We paid a visit to Charleston recently, the venue for our January 2018 conference, to scout it out. We can report that we’re going to have a great time
U. Hawaii Law Review Issue On Sharing Economy Issues (Including Takings!) Published
Check your mailboxes, the latest edition of the University of Hawaii Law Review is there or is coming. Got ours yesterday. This is the issue with the articles from the symposium (including ours on the ridesharing takings cases) on legal issues in the “sharing economy.”
Hawaii Appellate Traps (And How To Avoid Them) – Materials And Links From Today’s Session
Chris Leong and the CJ’s
Earlier today, I spoke to the Hawaii State Bar Association in a session sponsored and produced by the HSBA’s Appellate Section (the best section in the HSBA, by the way), titled “The Top Ten Appellate Traps (And How To Avoid Them).”
My Damon Key colleague Chris Leong (also
Conflict Check: Hawaii Adds To Lower Court Regulatory Takings Split: Is Leaving Land Vacant On The Hope It Is Worth More In The Future “Economically Beneficial Use”?
This just in: the Hawaii Supreme Court has rendered a unanimous opinion in Leone v. County of Maui, No. SCAP-15-599 (Oct. 16, 2017), a case we’ve naturally been following because it involves regulatory takings (and we were involved in a similar case on a neighboring property).
We haven’t had a chance to review the
Professor David Callies Awarded William & Mary Law’s Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize
University of Hawaii Law School Professor David Callies last night was presented with William and Mary Law School’s Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize which is “presented annually to a scholar, practitioner or jurist whose work affirms the fundamental importance of property rights.”
As W&M notes about Professor Callies, a “prolific scholar whose work explores land use
Urban Lawyer Survey
A lot of you read or get published in The Urban Lawyer, the scholarly journal published the ABA’s Section of State and Local Government Law (my Section). It’s our flagship publication: it is published quarterly, and has the largest circulation of any journal devoted to the Section’s subjects. A subscription is included
5th Circuit: Texas Delegating Eminent Domain Power To A Private Pipeline Isn’t A Due Process Problem
A quick one since we’re in transit, and don’t really have time to post much. But that doesn’t mean that the Fifth Circuit’s opinion in Boerschig v. Trans-Pecos Pipeline, L.L.C. , No. 16-50931 (Oct. 3, 2017), isn’t worth your time to read in-depth.
Here’s the setup:
Texas law allows a natural gas utility to
HSBA Annual Meeting: Ten Appellate Traps, And How To Avoid Them
The HSBA Bar Convention is being held on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at the Hawaii Convention Center.
The Appellate Section has a wonderful line-up for the morning (9:00 am – Noon), and our wonderful line-up of speakers:
- Robert Thomas, of Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert, will provide tips and solutions on the