Here’s the latest in a case we’ve been following. After a loss at the Eighth Circuit, the property owners have filed a cert petition.
This is the case where court concluded that the city’s issuance of a closure order to
Skynet knows we’re in Milwaukee. So it flashes this story on our screen: remember that eminent domain case our of Milwaukee you participated in 16 years ago? (Skynet is scary and has a long memory.) Yes, we do. A just
Here’s the latest in a case out of a storied New York City neighborhood that we have been following.
Today, our shop filed this cert petition, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision from the New
Happy Birthday to Hugo Grotius, author of the treatise “De Jure Belli et Pacis” (1625) — perhaps fittingly books about war and peace — which first used the phrase “eminent domain” to describe the sovereign power to forcibly acquire private
We know that courts are loathe to set aside settlement agreements. But when a judicial opinion starts off this way and you are the defendant, you know you are likely in trouble:
Stephanie Walker, an elderly widow with limited
Here’s a recent cert petition involving an allegation that the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), through what is called a “reinsurance” program, requires group health plans “to fork over $10 billion in plan assets.” Pet. at 1. The Federal Circuit
Here’s Pacific Legal Foundation’s motion asking the Virginia Supreme Court to allow us to file a brief amicus curiae which urges the court to grant a discretionary appeal and review this Petition for Appeal by a Norfolk, Virginia homeowner who,
Check it out, the latest volume of the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Journal is now available, both in print for those who subscribe, and online for those who prefer the pdf versions. The pieces include something property rights for everyone: academic
Remember the Property Reserve case in which the California Supreme Court came up with a …. creative solution to the conundrum of precondemnation entries? In the latest chapter of that fight, in Department of Water Resource Cases, No. C103207 (Mar.
Here’s our annual missive on why today (this year, Friday, April 3, 2026), the doors to most Hawaii state, county, and city offices are locked. What’s so special about this Friday? Well, this is the day Hawaii celebrates Good Friday.