Here’s one worth reading. In GRE Downtowner LLC v. City of Seattle, No. 87886-7-I (Wash. App. Oct. 26, 2026), the Washington Court of Appeals reversed a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of a property owner’s regulatory takings claims arising from the combined
If you’ve ever wondered where the odd, backwards syntax of the Takings/Just Compensation Clause of the Fifth Amendment comes from, look no further than this highlighted provision in the original 1215 Magna Carta. Written in medieval Latin (natch), the sentence
On a day earlier this week in which a different practice group in our firm Pacific Legal Foundation (incidentally led by a Property Rights lawyer, Chris Kieser, by the way) saw the U.S. Supreme Court agree to review a very
Not a takings case, but we’re posting it here because there’s an eminent domain angle. In Nilsen v. University of Washington, No. 24-7460 (9th Cir. Aug. 13, 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed whether UW
We got underway today for the two-day Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, now in its 23d year. Produced and sponsored by the William and Mary Law School and Queen Mary University of London, the conference focuses on (naturally) property rights, and
Been meaning to post this one for a while. In TMS Enterprises, Ltd. v. Cleveland, the Ohio Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment requiring the City of Cleveland to institute appropriation proceedings after downzoning property purchased for use as a
We’re in England for the upcoming Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, and instead of heading directly to London from Heathrow, thought it would be a good time to take a short diversion to nearby Runnymede for what must be the O.G.
A short one from the Supreme Court of Guam (long opinion, but short post), which reversed a trial court ruling that awarded title to the land beneath a wastewater treatment plant to a private owner, holding that the property was
In City of Hopewell v. Shree Arihant Motel, Inc., No. 251193 (Va. July 16, 2026), the Virginia Supreme Court held that a municipality which demolished an abandoned shopping center by burning it down is immune from the owner’s tort and
So here’s the story. A long time ago, one Walter Glenn Primrose stole the identity of a deceased child named Bobby Fort. The usual thing: Primrose got himself into some financial hot water, and claimed that “someone came to his
