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This blawg "is devoted to recent developments and commentary on regulatory takings, eminent domain, inverse condemnation, property rights, and land use law."
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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The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
We know lawyers are easy targets (we enjoy lawyer jokes as much as the next person, i.e., What's the difference between a good lawyer and a great lawyer? A good lawyer knows the law; a…
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HAWSCT To Review Residency Challenge: Is Intending To Live Somewhere Enough To Be "Residing" There?
The Hawaii Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal regarding whether the State Board of Registration (County of Maui) correctly concluded that a Maui County councilperson who registered to vote as a Lanai resident…
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PropertyProf's Summary Of The SCOTUS Beachfront Takings Case
In What's At Stake in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Lawprof D. Benjamin Barros posts a comprehensive summary of "judicial takings" case accepted for review by the US Supreme Court, Stop the Beachfront Renourishment, Inc. v.…
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Tuesday Round-Up
Here are items which we've been reviewing today: Dwight Merriam's thoughts on SCOTUS nominee, Second Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor. A report that the "Florida Hometown Democracy" initiative has made the 2010 ballot. According to the…
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Cert Denied Update
Last week's cert grant by the Supreme Court in Stop the Beachfront Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep't of Environmental Protection, No. 08-11 (cert. granted, June 15, 2009) got us to thinking about other petitions in…
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Links From ABA Condemnation Committee Conference Call
A very interesting conference call today, focusing on the property-related decisions by SCOTUS nominee Sotomayor and the takings case recently accepted for review by the U.S. Supreme Court. Here are the links to some of…
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On Judicial Takings, And The Hawaii Water Rights Backstory In Stop The Beach Renourishment
The U.S. Supreme Court last week agreed to review the Florida Supreme Court's decision in Walton County v. Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc., 998 So.2d 1102 (Fla. Sep. 29, 2008), which held that a state…
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Feds Likely To Seek Cert In Casitas (Water Rights Taking Case)
It looks like the federal government will likely seek U.S. Supreme Court review of Casitas Municipal Water District v. United States, 543 F.3d 1276 (Fed. Cir. 2008). As noted here, the SG's office has sought…
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Eminent Domain Academic Round-Up: Pretext And Compensation
I've been reading some noteworthy law journal articles on the subject of eminent domain -- two on the issue of pretext, and one on just compensation. Worth reviewing. Daniel S. Hafetz, Ferreting Out Favoritism: Bringing…
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ABA Condemnation Law Committee Conference Call On Beach Takings Case And Sotomayor Nomination
Head's up to all members of the ABA's Section of State and Local Government Law's Condemnation Law Committee: you should have received an email about next week's conference call (Thursday, June 25, 2 p.m. EDT)…