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Takings Conference, Friday, September 19
On Friday, September 19, 2014, the 17th Annual Conference on Litigating Takings Challenges to Land Use and Environmental Regulations will be held at UC Davis School of Law in Davis, California. The...
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Fires and Takings in Alaska
The Alaska Supreme Court issued a troubling decision on November 28, 2014, in Brewer v State, reversing a trial court ruling absolving the State of liability under the Alaska Takings Clause for...
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WI Court of Appeals on the Parcel Rule and Just v. Marinette County
In Murr v. State of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals has offered an instructive decision on how the parcel-as-a-whole rule applies to two contiguous, legally subdivided lots. Applying the...
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Alleged Takings of Private Contracts
In Pennington v. Gwinnett County, the Georgia Court of Appeals has obliquely revisited the endlessly interesting question of whether the government can “take” private contract rights. This case was a...
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Penn Central Lives On
During oral argument in the Koontz case Chief Justice John Roberts asked rhetorically of counsel for the government: “Do you know of any case where the government has lost a Penn Central case?” In...
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Tobacco, Takings and the TPP
As furious negotiations continue to try to complete a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, for which Congress granted the Obama administration fast track authority a few months ago, a...
View ArticleSecond Circuit Decision on Williamson County
The Second Circuit has added new support to the Williamson County waiver theory in the case of Sherman v. City of Chester. In a nutshell, the court ruled that when a local government removes a...
View ArticleBailout Takings Cases
One might assume that “takings” would be a remote issue when it comes to the federal bailout of the automobile and financial services industries during the economic crisis of a few years ago. After...
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