Check this out. A new cert petition on an issue we think is a good one. Let’s just cut to the chase (you can read the petition for the background). Here are the Questions Presented: Whether an approved vesting tentative
When you think of “Vermont roads,” the first images that might come to mind are mountain byways, covered bridges, and “highways” that elsewhere might qualify as backroads. All the above is prelude, because it is here along I-95 south of
We’ve been holding on to this eminent domain necessity decision from the Vermont Supreme Court because we were scheduled to pay a visit to the Green Mountain State (more on that in a subsequent post), and we wanted to include
In New York v. Commons West, LLC, No. CV-23-1255 (Mar. 5, 2026), the Appellate Division of New York’s Supreme Court (dun-dun) invalidated a New York statute that forbid property owners from considering a prospective tenant’s source of income when deciding
If this isn’t a word … it should be!
A newly-filed property rights cert petition worth watching. [Disclosure: this one is from our firm, so we won’t be commenting.] Here are the Questions Presented: “Whether Maine’s requirement that lobstermen place a GPS tracking device on their private fishing vessels
Check out the amicus brief of X (fka Twitter) in the Fourth Amendment case involving geofence warrants now briefed and awaiting argument at the U.S. Supreme Court (Chatrie v. United States).
[Disclosure: this is one of ours (our
We don’t know what the real story is in this report from SF Gate, “Calif. town pauses housing project after French Laundry chef criticism.” But if you had to pick a single story that captures a century of Euclidean vibe,
Here’s a case we’ve been following (esp. because our firm is counsel for the two intervenors). In Montanans Against Irresponsible Densification, LLC v. Montana, No. DA 25-0200 (Mar. 17, 2026), the Montana Supreme Court upheld the “Montana miracle” housing and
Two or three steps? You decide. A takings case arising from the same locality in Rhode Island that gave us Palazzolo (Westerly, R.I.). In DiBiccari v. Rhode Island, No. 2023-353 (Mar. 10, 2026), the Rhode Island Supreme Court held that
