Worth reading, if only for its somewhat odd logic is the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s opinion in BBLI Edison, LLC v. City of Chicago, No. 25-1713 (July 22, 2026), where the court upheld, against a takings
Here’s the latest in an issue we’ve been following for a long time: must a property owner first try to change the law which is claimed to work a taking before bringing a takings claim in court? In other words,
Here’s the complete agenda for the 2026 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, October 14-16, 2026, in London. The Conference has gone international twice before (Beijing (2011) and The Hague (2016)). At the Conference, the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights prize will be presented
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following. (And an issue we’ve been following for a while.) [Disclosure: our shop filed an amicus brief in that case in favor of the property owner.] In Township of Jackson v. Getzel
The essence of the infamous three-factor Penn Central test for whether a restriction on the use of private property under the police power “goes too far” and is treated as a de facto exercise of eminent domain is the Court’s
The bottom line in Hernandez-Castrodad v. Steidel-Figueroa, No. 23-1872 (July 1, 2026), is that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiffs’ takings claims, although it had at least partially different reasons
“When, then does a government’s delay in issuing a permit or zoning change amount to a taking? Seldom, if ever.” That’s the money quote in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s opinion in Rubicon Real Estate Holdings,
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following. The owners of the trademark of the famous baseball player Roberto Clemente asserted a physical takings claim after the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico used a likeness of Clemente on commemorative license
Not a lot that’s earthshaking from the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Sablan v. Commonwealth Utilities Corp., No. 2024-SCC-0023 (June 20, 2026), but we’re posting it because its holding — an entity lacking the
July 4, 2026 is the 250th birthday of the United States. Those of us who were around 50 years ago for the bicentennial remember that a very big deal was made of the United States of America’s 200th birthday. The
