Starting in January, we’ll be teaching the venerated, and oh-so-important Land Use course (Law 580) at the University of Hawaii’s Law School.
We’re at least temporarily stepping into some mighty big slippers (this is Hawaii, so we don’t always…

As we noted earlier this week, the Federal Quiet Title Act isn’t exactly on the public radar screens. Especially questions about whether the Act’s 12-year statute of limitations is “jurisdictional” or merely a claims processing rule.
Thus, you are…

Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following.
In this cert petition, business owners on the losing end of a Co-19 shutdown order assert that the Sixth Circuit got it wrong when it concluded that the “overriding…

Here’s a short one you might have overlooked because it’s an unpublished memorandum opinion.
In Kagan v. City of Los Angeles, No. 21-55233 (Nov. 10, 2022), a Ninth Circuit panel summarily affirmed the dismissal of property owners’ challenge to…

Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following.
In this cert petition, business owners on the losing end of a Co-19 shutdown order assert that the Sixth Circuit got it wrong when it concluded that the “overriding…

The Federal Quiet Title Act isn’t exactly on the public radar screens. Especially questions about whether the Act’s 12-year statute of limitations is “jurisdictional” or merely a claims processing rule.
Thus, you are not likely to see throngs of protesters…

One from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
In In re Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico, No. 22-1048 (Nov. 22, 2022), the court affirmed the district court’s 12(b)(6) dismissal of a takings claim…