Real Estate & Property Law

State & Local Government Condemnation Committee Links

By Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)

Here are links to some of the cases discussed on the conference call this morning:

• Charles A. Pratt Constr. Co. v. California Coastal Comm'n (cert petition on Williamson County and Penn Central)

• Aspen Creek Estates, Ltd. v. Town of Brookhaven - New York Court of Appeals  (comprehensive taking plan)

• City of Stockton v. Marina Towers LLC - Cal. Court of Appeal (details required in resolution of necessity)

• United States v. 480.00 Acres of Land - 11th Circuit ("pretext" in compensation -- intent to depress valuation in anticipation of condemnation)

• Resource Investments, Inc. v. United States - Court of Federal Claims (massive opinion and primer on regulatory takings - erroneous exercise of jurisdiction as a temporary taking)

• Florida regulatory takings cases - Florida Supreme Court and District Courts of Appeals

• Community Youth Athletic Center v. City of National City - Cal. Court of Appeal (delay in publication of a legal notice does not impact challenge to the legality of a city's blight designation)

• Shaw v. County of Santa Cruz, Cal. Court of Appeal (Landgate distinguished - denial of a ministerial permit did not amount to a regulatory taking - long discussion of regulatory takings law)

Full post as published by inversecondemnation on February 18, 2009 (boomark / email).