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Author: Robert H. Thomas is a director at Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert in Honolulu and is managing attorney of the Pacific Legal Foundation Hawaii Center.
Blawg Related Categories: Administrative Law • Real Estate & Property Law • 9th Circuit Court • States • Hawaii • Partner
Recent Posts from Inversecondemnation.com
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Answering Brief In Maui Councilmember Residency Appeal: What Is "Immediate Forfeiture And Vacancy?"
Here's the Answering Brief filed by a Maui Councilmember in the case in which Lanai residents and voters assert he forfeited the Lanai seat on the Maui County Council under section 3-3 of the Maui…
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Upcoming Oral Arguments Of Interest
The Hawaii Supreme Court and Intermediate Court of Appeals will be hearing two appeals of note: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - Maunalua Bay Beach Ohana 28 v. State of Hawaii, No. 28175 (HAWICA).…
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Mark Your Calendars: ABA Condemnation Law Conference Call - November 19, 2009
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, November 18, 2009, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). That's when we will be having the next "recent developments" conference call for members of the Condemnation Law Committee…
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Latest On Rumber v. DC
On October 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments in Rumber v. District of Columbia, No. 09-7035, the appeal challenging an attempt to take a shopping center by the…
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Latest Additions To The Blogroll
Here are the latest blogs we've added to our list: California Eminent Domain Report - A fairly new, and very active blog from the Nossaman firm's Eminent Domain and Valuation Group. Section 1983 Blog -…
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Latest HAWSCT Decision In "Ceded Lands" Case: Standing? Yes, Ripe? No.
Remember the "ceded lands" case? The one where the U.S. Supreme Court held 9-0 that the U.S. had absolute fee simple title to the ceded lands, and that the Apology Resolution was hortatory fluff? See…
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Latest Interesting Opinions
Here are some recently-released opinions; none so earth-shattering that they merit their own post, but definitely worth reading: People ex rel. Dep't of Transportation v. Acosta, No. C059064 (Cal. Ct. App. Oct. 26, 2009) -…
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New Article: Recent Developments in Public Use and Pretext in Eminent Domain
Each summer, The Urban Lawyer (the ABA's Section of State and Local Government Law's peer-reviewed law review), devotes an issue to recent developments in various areas of law. A subscription to the journal, which is…
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More On New Jersey's "Bizarre Condemnation"
More about Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon, the decision from New Jersey's Appellate Division which held that the government can assert inverse condemnation in order to take property without compensation. In Avalon stole land, appeal…
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Media Reports On HAWSCT "Residency" Decision
Here are a couple of reports about yesterday's decision by the Hawaii Supreme Court in Dupree v. Hiraga, No. 29646 (Oct. 20, 2009): Kaho‘ohalahala not a Lanai resident (The Maui News) Activist is not a…