A short one (per curiam is one two-sentence paragraph), with an interesting concurring opinions from the Florida District Court of Appeals (4th District).
In Vazquez v. City of Hallandale Beach, No. 4D2023-0833 (June 12, 2024), the court held that a restrictive covenant that ran with Vazquez’ land (and others in his subdivision, including the
DJK was adding a bedroom to an existing residence and needed a wastewater permit from Vermont’s environmental agency. The agency has a “presumptive isolation zone” around potable water supplies and septic systems in which a property owner is presumed to be barred from doing anything sewage related. In this case, the isolation zone for DJK’s
Our annual reminder that 809 years ago tomorrow (June 15), the “great charter” (Magna Carta) was executed at Runnymeade. (And yes, we know that due to the change in calendars in the interim it wasn’t necessarily this very day, and also that King John didn’t sign the document, but rather sealed several copies of it.)
Mark your calendars and register now for the upcoming American Law Institute-CLE webinar “Property Rights and Regulatory Takings at the Supreme Court.” The focus of this program is a summary and analysis (including “what’s next?”) of the two big property and eminent domain cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, Sheetz (exactions), and
Disclosure: this one is one of ours, so we’re not going to do a deep dive or do much commentary (must resist!).
Yesterday, the California Supreme Court granted a Los Osos property owner’s petition, and agreed to review an (unpublished) Court of Appeal opinion which held that the California Coastal Commission has
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following.
Our friends at the Institute for Justice have filed this cert petition asking the Supreme Court to take up the case where a New York town eminent domained the Brinkmann property for a public park.
What’s wrong with that, you ask…isn’t a public park a
This one is about Robert Moses. Yeah, that guy. You may think you know the story, but even if you do, it will be worth your time to listen to this episode of Dave and Kristen’s Infrastructure Junkies podcast. You will probably learn something new like me.
Here’s the pod’s description of the episode:
Games people play
Night or day they’re just not matchin’
What they should do
Keeps me feelin’ blue
Been down too long
Right, wrong, I just can’t stop it
This one isn’t about takings, but is nonetheless a must-read.
In Health Freedom Defense Fund, Inc. v. Carvalho, No. 22-55908 (June 7, 2024), a panel
This is a must-listen, the latest episode of John Ross’s Bound by Oath podcast. This season is covering property rights, and this episode details Berman v. Parker, which may be the first case in what we’ll call the “modern era” where the Supreme Court set the judicial hands-off tone for public use challenges.
The
