Topic
Nuisance
233 published works
TortsProf Blog
MD: Licensed Dispensing of Opioids Is Not a Public Nuisance; Public and Private Nuisance Differentiated
Express Scripts, Inc. v. Anne Arundel Cnty., 493 Md. 329, 394, 353 A.3d 1084, 1122 (2026) (answering certified question) (differentiating a public nuisance from a private nuisance: “Public nuisance involves…
Climate Solutions Legal Digest
Texas Property Value Litigation: Best Practices for Data Center Developers
By Sean Farrell
As data center development accelerates across Texas,[1] neighboring landowners are alleging property value losses based on noise, lighting, traffic, and sheer physical presence. Landowners may assume that they can simply…
California Eminent Domain Report
Wang v. Peletta (2025) 112 Cal.App.5th 478
Wang v. Peletta (2025) 112 Cal.App.5th 478In Wang v. Peletta, the California Court of Appeal held that property owners cannot acquire a prescriptive easement to maintain an encroaching structure if…
Municipal Minute
Court Upholds City’s Revocation of Liquor Licenses
An Illinois Appellate Court upheld a local liquor commissioner's revocation of liquor licenses for two establishments in Raven Place v. City of Blue Island.A licensee was issued liquor licenses for…
Law of the Land
NY Appellate Court Upholds Lower Court’s Finding Voiding Dismissal of Nuisance Claims Over Stadium
This post was authored by Luke Jenkins, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center Plaintiff, Forest Hills Hardens Corporation, commenced an action seeking to enjoin defendants, the West Side Tennis…
Law of the Land
NY Appellate Court Upholds Dismissal of Summary Judgment in Private Nuisance Matter
This post was authored by Luke Jenkins, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center Plaintiffs, residential property owners in the R-80 district in the Town of Huntington, brought suit seeking…
Law of the Land
NY Appellate Court Finds Country Club was a Preexisting Nonconforming Use and Did Not Constitute a Public Nuisance
This post was authored by Luke Jenkins, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Touro Law Center Appellant, the Town of Oyster Bay (“Town”) commenced a proceeding seeking a declaration that Pine Hollow Country…
California Appellate Report
County of Del Norte v. Britt (Cal. Ct. App. – June 11, 2026)
By Shaun Martin
A guy who owns a house dies intestate. No one else is on the deed, and no one claims the house. Vagrants (predictably) take it over, and it gets ugly.…
Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog
How Would a Court Determine if Something Is a Nuisance?
Among the multitude of challenges that community association boards and managers face daily, nuisance complaints often present particularly thorny issues. Not every unpleasant situation rises to the level requiring the…
Dear Ethics Lawyer
April 1, 2026 Issue – Conflicts When Undermining Prior Work
Q: Dear Ethics Lawyer, Our firm represented a nearby city in a nuisance claim against the operator of a quarry, arising from its heavy truck traffic. A settlement was reached,…