Hail to the Chief!
Most of the current writing about the Knick case has concentrated on the opinions’ contents — notably, the property owners’ victory embodied in the 5 to 4 majority opinion that finally got rid of the...
View ArticlePromises, promises . . .
NBC Chicago reports that plans for a large Foxconn electronics plant for which land was acquired by eminent domain in Wisconsin, is slow in getting started and it appears that the numbers of people to...
View ArticleAre You For Real, Justice Kagan?
As predicted, the commentary on the Knick case is flowing like a flood-stage river. For example, Robert Thomas’ commentary in his blog www.inversecondemnation.com alone is filling pages with analysis...
View ArticleHave a Happy Fourth of July!
And as you enjoy your barbeque or shopping or whatever floats your boat today, remember that you live in the greatest place on earth, where for all its warts and pimples people enjoy the greatest...
View ArticleBye-Bye to the Remnants of the California Choo-Choo
Yesterday’s LA Times reported that “California lawmakers” have decided to divert the funds remaining from the ill-fated California “bullet train” that was supposed to be built to run between the San...
View ArticleThe Clouded Crystal Ball
Back when exactions were still new, two professors wrote a law review article about them, in which they ventured a prediction of how high these exactions (or impact fees, as they are sometimes...
View ArticleRemember Berman v. Parker?
If you don’t, that was the 1954 case in which the District of Columbia pioneered urban redevelopment in which selected parts of cities, designated as “blighted” would be razed and turned over to...
View ArticleWe’re Back — Sort of
Steady readers of this blog — and there may be a few — may have noticed that in the recent past there wasn’t any activity here. What happened is that we were hacked by people who screwed things up and...
View ArticleSCOTUS Strikes Down Eviction Moratorium
In a 6 to 3 vote the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on eviction moratoriums as being beyond the powers of the Center for Disease Control to enact, holding that such a moratorium, if...
View ArticleToday Is Pearl Harbor Day
Remember what happened on December 7th 1941, and take a moment to recall and appreciate the sacrifice of the Americans who gave their lives defending us.
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