Topic
Nuisance
241 published works
Colorado Homeowners Association Law
A Nuisance or Not?
All of us have complained about a loud and noisy neighbor or some other disturbance that we have deemed a nuisance at one point or other in our lives. However,…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Sriracha in the Air?
For a spice lover and an environmentalist there could be little more disconcerting than to learn that one's favorite hot sauce is a source of public nuisance caused by the…
PropertyProf Blog
A Question on Teaching Takings
Here's a question that came through the inbox. Any thoughts, property profs??I'm considering switching to teaching takings first instead of last; I've heard of people who do it and I…
PropertyProf Blog
Roark on Homelessness
Marc Roark (Savannah) has posted Homelessness at the Cathedral on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This Article argues that legal restraints against homeless persons are resolved by applying certain nuisance-like approaches. By…
PropertyProf Blog
Kool on Nuisance Law as a Tool to Redress Crop Contamination
Amanda Kool (Harvard - Clinical Fellow) has posted Halting Pig in the Parlor Patents: Nuisance Law as a Tool to Redress Crop Contamination (Jurimetrics) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The legal…
Surf and Turf Law
Are Cruise Ships Public or Private Nuisances? S. Carolina SCT Says No Standing to Challenge
It is a rare day that my legal interests of zoning law and ocean governance are discussed in a single case, but thanks to the South Carolina Supreme Court, I…
Land Use Prof Blog
Jury Verdict in Controversial Ashby High Rise Case
An important jury verdict this week awards nuisance damages to residential neighbors of a prospective high-rise development. If you're one of the 6 million people living near Houston, Texas--or if you've…
E2 Law Blog
Storm Water Flooding as a Continuing Nuisance in Pennsylvania
By Caleb Holmes
From Kyle Johnson and Jillian Bunyan of GT Philadelphia: Pennsylvania law has not clearly set out by when a downhill landowner must sue an upland developer for storm water flooding…
Tilting the Scales
Them’s Fighting Words!
By Jamie Ribman
With Halloween less than a week away, Bill Hatfield and his neighbor Randy McCoy are at it again. This time, it’s over McCoy’s pumpkin orange 38-foot recreational vehicle parked in…
TortsProf Blog
Beever on “The Law of Private Nuisance”
From Hart Publishing comes news of a new title of interest to our TortsProf readers:The Law of Private Nuisance By Allan Beever "It is said that a nuisance is aninterference with…