Here’s the cert petition (filed yesterday) which asks whether a takings challenge to rent control which is justiciable under Article III (plaintiff has suffered a concrete injury that is fairly traceable to the challenged restrictions, and a ruling will redress
As July gets underway, here’s what we’re reading.
Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following, which asks whether Williamson County’s final decision ripeness requirement is limited to takings claims.
This just in: the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a case from North Dakota (brought by our colleagues Derrick Braaten and the good folks at the Institute for Justice), asking whether attorneys fees are included in just compensation
Newly released: the Federalist Society’s “Courthouse Steps” series covers Pung v. Isabella County, where the U.S. Supreme Court held that “just compensation” for Tyler takings is usually measured by the surplus after a tax sale and not fair
Sad birthday wishes to what just might be our most un-favorite decision ever, Penn Central Transp. Co. v. New York City, 438 U.S. 104 (1978), which turns 47 today. This in addition to the unhappy Kelo-versary earlier this week. A
Here is what we’re reading today, comments and thoughts on yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Pung v. Isabella County.
This just in: the Supreme Court has decided Pung v. Isabella County, No. 25-95 (June 23, 2026). And the result — that “just compensation” for Tyler takings is usually measured by the surplus over the tax sale and not fair
The majority opinion of the Texas Supreme Court in State of Texas v. JRJ Pusok Holdings, LLC, No. 24-0447 (June 12, 2026), starts off pretty good: “The right to own property is ‘fundamental, natural, inherent, inalienable, not derived from the
In Betts v Boone County, No. 25-1685 (June 15, 2026), the big question facing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit was whether qualified immunity kept next-of-kin from prevailing on a section 1983 due process claim after the
