Topic
Nuisance
241 published works
TortsProf Blog
Second-Hand Smoke Case Continues Against Housing Cooperative, Sans Punitives Claim
A resident of Greenbelt Homes in Maryland filed suit against the housing cooperative for failing to prevent his exposure to his neighbors' second-hand smoke. The trial started on Monday and,…
Real Estate Advisor Law Blog
Gunfire Leaving Your Property? You Might be a Nuisance
By John Weber
Ohio’s Twelfth District Court of Appeals issued an interesting opinion earlier this year that wove together issues of statutory interpretation, expert testimony, property rights and nuisance. The end result? If you have…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
Improper Demolitions of Blighted Buildings
The process of demolishing blighted buildings presents substantial risk to government agencies. Strict adherence to statutory requirements, including giving full notice to the owners of the premises prior to demolition,…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Implications of Today’s U.S. Supreme Court Decision in AEP v. Connecticut for Climate Change Regulation
Thank you so much for the warm welcome. I really look forward to being part of the dialogue and am honored to be joining this interesting group. As a first…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Issues AEP v. Connecticut Opinion
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its opinion in AEP v. Connecticut, holding, by an equally divided Court, that the Second Circuit properly exercised jurisdiction over nuisance claims arising from…
Energy & Environmental Law Adviser
Supreme Court Decides Climate Change Nuisance Suit
Originally published as a Schiff Hardin Environmental Update newsletter The Supreme Court decided the case American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, U.S. 10-174, in favor of the petitioner utility companies.…
E2 Law Blog
Third Circuit Limits Continuing Nuisance Exception to SOL
By Caleb Holmes
In a recent opinion, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit limited the continuing nuisance exception to the statute of limitations in New Jersey.
Land Use Prof Blog
Salkin on the Regulation of Controversial Land Uses
Patty Salkin (Albany) has posted Regulating Controversial Land Uses, 39 Real Estate L. J. 526 (2011). Here's the abstract:While the definition of what may constitute a controversial land use differs…
The Faculty Lounge
More on Standing in American Electric Power
Jonathan Adler, at the Volokh Conspiracy, thinks that Mass v. EPA does not dispose of standing in this case. He relies on the fact that a procedural injury was at…
The Faculty Lounge
Belated Thoughts on Oral Argument in American Electric Power
I've been on the road this week, so I have just now had a chance to digest the transcript of the oral argument in American Electric Power v. Connecticut. While…