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Nuisance
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Energy & the Law
Are Personal Injury Damages Available in a Nuisance Case?
Co-Author Maryann Zaki As promised, on May 22, today's post is a study of the personal injury issues raised by the defendants in Parr v. Aruba. You will find a more detailed analysis here. In…
PropertyProf Blog
Is Janet Yellen a Nuisance?
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Federal Reserve Chairwoman's new neighbors are not happy:WASHINGTON—In the Georgetown gated community of Hillandale, residents live in secluded calm governed by some 50…
inversecondemnation.com
Iowa: Common Law Nuisance Claim Not Preempted By Clean Air Act (Even In The “Age Of Statutes”)
Here's an interesting one from the Iowa Supreme Court, in which the issue is whether the federal Clean Air Act preempts a property owner's state-law nuisance claim.In Freeman v. Grain…
PropertyProf Blog
Nuns v. Nudies
Nuns take on a strip club in Stone Park, Ill:The nuns want to see the strip club gone. Last week, they filed a lawsuit against the owners of Club Allure,…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
Farms vs. Developers or Farms vs. Farms?
By Shi-Ling Hsu
The New York Times ran an article a couple of weeks ago on a new kind of retirement community: not just a sprawling collection of tract houses solely for retirees, but mixed-use…
Environment, Land & Resources
U.S. Supreme Court Allows to Stand Ruling That Sources of Air Pollutants are Subject to State Common Law Tort Claims
By Michael G. Romey, Aron Potash and Gregory Fuoco (summer clerk) On June 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not review a decision by the Court of…
frESH
Concrete and Sewers – A Real Nuisance for Contractors?
In the recent decision in the case of Northumbrian Water Limited ("NWL") v McAlpine Limited ("McAlpine") [2014], Moore-Bick LJ provided the leading judgement (upholding the first instance judgement) that the…
RLUIPA Defense Blog
Church Prepared to Battle Boards Approval of Dog Kennel
By Evan Seeman, Dwight Merriam
A dispute is heating up in Hilton Head, South Carolina between a church and a dog kennel that has been described as a “dog hotel.” The Church of Christ of…
inversecondemnation.com
Mississippi: Ferae Naturae Alligators Next Door Cannot Be A Private Nuisance
Yesterday, we posted one of those only-in-Hawaii kind of cases. Today, by coincidence, is one of those only-in-the-south type of cases: The Christmases’ wild-alligator-nuisance claim is a case of first impression…
Energy & the Law
The Fracing Verdict – What Didn’t Get To The Jury?
As we know, the Parrs won a $2.9 million jury verdict against Aruba Petroleum for a nuisance created by gas wells near the Parrs’ home in Wise County, Texas. Let’s…