Friday Eminent Domain Round-Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/5/2010
DC Circuit Peels The Onion On Eminent Domain
Abuse Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/2/2010
Oral Arguments Scheduled In New Jersey's
"Bizarre Condemnation"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/25/2010
Hauula Community Deserves
a Public Hearing Before Any Government Property
Condemnations in the Area-Open
Letter to the Honolulu City Council
by Choon James, Hawaii Reporter, 2/19/2010
Final Briefs In Hawaii Eminent Domain Abuse
Cases: Pretext, Actual Purposes, And Private
Benefit
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/16/2010
More On The Thirtieth Anniversary Of Kaiser
Aetna
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/15/2010
Burial council rejects plan
(Kauai)
by Paul Curtis, The Garden Island,
Honolulu Advertiser, 2/13/2010
Keauhou project decision delayed (Hawaii)
by Chelsea Jensen, West Hawaii Today, 2/13/2010
Connecticut Supreme Court: An Option To Purchase
Is Not "Property," So Optionee Can Be Abused
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/10/2010
Latest Briefs In New Jersey's "Bizarre
Condemnation"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/9/2010
Wait list for water meter is challenged-Suit
against county claims equal protection, due
process violated (Maui)
by Harry Eagar, The Maui News, 2/7/2010
Eminent Domain Honolulu Style: You Could Lose
Your House in a Month
by Panos D. Prevedouros, PhD, Hawaii Reporter,
2/5/2010
Hawaii Legislation Would Address Property Blight
in Kahala
by Michele Van Hessen, Hawaii Reporter,
1/28/2010
Nebraska Court Of Appeals: Taking Did Not
Violate Post-Kelo Ban On Economic Development
Condemnations
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/28/2010
Victims of Honolulu City's Condemnation Plans
Don't Want to Give Up Their Land
by Choon James, Hawaii Reporter, 1/28/2010
City mishandling effort to take Hau'ula land
from owner, critics say
by Eloise Aguiar
Honolulu Advertiser, 1/27/2010
With a Transit Authority on the Horizon,
Hawaii's Eminent Domain Conversation Needs to
Begin Now
by Choon James, Hawaii Reporter, 1/26/2010
Government's Brief In Hawaii Eminent Domain
Abuse Case: Pretext, Actual Purposes, And
Private Benefit
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/22/2010
Developer's Brief In Hawaii Eminent Domain Abuse
Case: Pretext, Actual Purposes, And Private
Benefit
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/22/2010
New Paper On Washington State's Approach To
Nollan/Dolan Exactions - Do Generalized
Assessments Satisfy The "Essential Nexus" Test?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/21/2010
New SCOTUS Cert Petition From Kauai: Is
Surrender Clause In State Lease A Taking?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/20/2010
New Article On Florida Beach Judicial Takings
Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/19/2010
The Latest On Eminent Domain In New York From
The NY Times
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/19/2010
Motions For Reconsideration In ICA Accretion
Taking Appeal
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/16/2010
New Cert Petition: Is Littoral Owner Trespassing
When The Shoreline Erodes, Placing Lawful
Structure In The Water?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/15/2010
Kauai home that sits atop burial site wins vote
by AP,
Honolulu Advertiser, 1/13/2010
Kauai Planning Commission denies Naue burial
plea
by Michael Levine, The Garden Island,
Honolulu Advertiser, 1/13/2010
"At the start of this project, my company
announced that it would try to avoid the use of
eminent domain"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/13/2010
Preacquisition Regulations Depressing Value And
The "Scope Of The Project" Rule
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/8/2010
Minnesota Supreme Court Hearing Eminent Domain
Delegation Appeal
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/6/2010
Balkanizing The Beach: The Practical
Consequences Of Maunaula Bay Beach Ohana 28
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/5/2010
Court bolsters public access to beaches
Opinion, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 1/5/2010
Kauai beach
access a concern-Some
landowners accused of trying to extend
properties
by Paul Curtis, The Garden Island,
Honolulu Advertiser, 1/5/2010
Hawaii Court Of Appeals: Legislative Grab Of The
Right To Beachfront Accretion Is Not A Taking
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/1/2010
New land is public, court says
by Susan Essoyan, Honolulu Star Bulletin,
1/1/2010
HAWICA: No "Vested Right" To Beachfront
Accretion
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/30/2009
Favorite Property Quotes
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/27/2009
More Than a Decade After Condemnation, Hawaii
Department of Transportation Still Owns Homes on
Ancient Hawaiian Fish Pond-Special
Report for the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
by Malia Zimmerman, Hawaii Reporter, 12/22/2009
Taking Accretion By Legal Erosion: Summary Of
The Oral Arguments In The Hawaii Beach Takings
Case (Podcast)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/22/2009
HAWSCT To Hear Pretext And Private Benefit
Appeal
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/21/2009
Yet Another Way To Battle Eminent Domain...
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/21/2009
That's One Way To Battle Eminent Domain...
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/20/2009
Life, And Eminent Domain, Imitate The Clancy
Brothers
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/20/2009
New Book - Takings International: A Comparative
Perspective on Land Use Regulations and
Compensation Rights
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/18/2009
The Fifth Amendment's Givings Clause?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/5/2009
Friday Round Up: Dueling NY Eminent Domain
Decisions, Rebuilding Beaches
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/4/2009
Isle beach law must prevail Opinion, Honolulu Star
Bulletin, 12/4/2009
Stop The Beach Renourishment (Judicial Takings
Case) Post-Oral Argument Round Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/3/2009
SCOTUS Oral Arguments In The Judicial Takings
Case: Are "Background Principles" Of Property
Law Completely Up To State Judges? (Part III)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/2/2009
SCOTUS Oral Arguments In The Judicial Takings
Case: Are "Background Principles" Of Property
Law Completely Up To State Judges? (Part II)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/2/2009
SCOTUS Oral Arguments In The Judicial Takings
Case: Are "Background Principles" Of Property
Law Completely Up To State Judges? (Part I)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/2/2009
Transcript Of SCOTUS Oral Arguments In The
Judicial Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/2/2009
Do Lines Drawn in the Sand Matter? The Fifth
Amendment says...yes
by Mark Murakami, Hawaiioceanlaw.com, 12/2/2009
Fla. property case no day at the beach for
Supreme Court
by
Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY, 12/2/2009
Beach ownership is still in question-An appeals
court will decide who owns new natural land
above a high-water mark
by Susan Essoyan,
Honolulu Star Bulletin, 11/30/2009
Unfrozen Caveman Judges "Frightened And
Confused" By Blight
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/29/2009
Seawall comes between condo and surfers, county
and state (Hawaii)
by Erin Miller, West Hawaii Today, 11/24/2009
Florida Beachfront Takings Case - SCOTUSBLOG
Analysis
by Mark Murakami, Hawaiioceanlaw.com, 11/19/2009
Court Should Prevent Use of Prop. 9 to Take
Beach
by David Breemer, Hawaii Reporter, 11/18/2009
Reply Brief: Must A Property Owner Seek A Change
In The Law In Order To Ripen A Takings Claim?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/17/2009
Friday Eminent Domain Round-Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/13/2009
Beachfront Taking Case (HAWICA) Oral Argument
Recording
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/12/2009
Opening Brief In Kona Eminent Domain Abuse Case:
Pretext, Actual Purposes, And Private Benefit
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/11/2009
Petitioner's Reply Brief In SCOTUS Beachfront
Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/9/2009
TOMORROW'S NEWS — Public access or private
property?-Laymon, Grove Farm respond in Larsen’s
dispute by
Michael Levine, The Garden Island, 10/27/2009
New Article: Recent Developments in Public Use
and Pretext in Eminent Domain
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/23/2009
More On New Jersey's "Bizarre Condemnation"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/22/2009
HAWSCT Oral Aguments Scheduled In Turtle
Bay/Kuilima EIS Case: Is A Change In "Context,"
But Not The Project, Enough To Trigger
Supplemental EIS?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/17/2009
Access denied: New restrictions on Kona Bay
Estates shoreline
by Erin Miller, West Hawaii Today, 10/16/2009
HAWSCT To Review Turtle Bay/Kuilima EIS Case: Is
A Change In "Context," But Not The Project,
Enough To Trigger Supplemental EIS?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/14/2009
TOMORROW'S NEWS — Shoreline setback bill moves
forward-Amendment ‘strikes a balance’ (Kauai)
by Michael Levine, The Garden Island, 10/14/2009
Kauai agency to review permit process for home
on burial grounds
by Michael Levine, The Garden Island,
Honolulu Advertiser, 10/14/2009
Government Brief: Landowner Must Seek To Change
Land Use Designations To Ripen Federal Takings
Claim
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/13/2009
NY Court Of Appeals Oral Arguments In Atlantic
Yards Eminent Domain Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/9/2012
Ninth Circuit: Let It Erode - Littoral Owners
Have No Right To Install Shore Defense
Structures On Their Land
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/9/2009
Response To Amicus Briefs In Kuilima/Turtle Bay
HAWSCT Cert Application
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/8/2009
Ninth Circuit Weighs In On England Reservations
In Williamson County Ripeness
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/7/2009
NY Times On Gov't Amici In Florida Beach
Judicial Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/6/2009
Amicus Briefs Supporting The Gov't In Florida
BeachTakings Case (aka Judicial Takings Case)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/5/2009
Upcoming Hawaii Appellate Court Oral Arguments
In Beach Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/5/2009
In defense of taking land for public use
by David L. Callies,
Honolulu Star Bulletin, 10/4/2009
Professor Callies' Response To Little Pink House
Book Review: New London's Kelo Taking Was Not To
Entice Pfizer
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/4/2009
Government Merits Briefs In Florida Beach
Takings Case aka The Judicial Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/2/2009
Cross-Motions On Due Process Issue Denied In
Maui Affordable Housing Exaction Case - Next Up,
Jury Trial
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/1/2009
Amicus Brief Supporting Gov't In Beachfront
Takings Case: Statute Didn't Eliminate Common
Law Rights, It Enhanced Them
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/29/2009
Upcoming HAWSCT Oral Arguments: Are State Zoning
Laws "Environmental" Statutes?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/28/2009
New Ninth Circuit Case: Mobile Home Rent Control
Ordinance Takes Property
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/28/2009
D.C. Circuit To Consider Challenge To Use Of
Eminent Domain To Replace "Lowbrow" Shopping
Center With "Gentrified Shopping Experience"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/26/2009
TOMORROW'S NEWS — Shoreline, TVR bills deferred
by Michael Levine, The Garden Island, 9/22/2009
Final Briefs On Due Process Motions In Maui
Affordable Housing Exaction Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/22/2009
Book Review: Little Pink House - A True Story of
Defiance and Courage
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/20/2009
Kansas Supreme Court: Property Damaged For
Public Use Requires Compensation
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/8/2009
Can Government Use Inverse Condemnation To Take
Property Without Compensation?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/6/2009
Our Amicus Brief In The Florida Beachfront
Takings Case aka The Judicial Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/4/2009
Florida Shoreline Case - Damon Key Attorneys
Submit Amicus Brief to U.S. Supreme Court
by Mark Murakami, Hawaiioceanlaw.com, 9/4/2009
Amicus Brief In NY Court Of Appeals In
Goldstein/Atlantic Yards Case: NY's Public Use
Clause Prohibits Judicial Rubber Stamp Of
Takings
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/2/2009
Kelo Reality Check: "Belief" And "Hope" Aren't
All They're Cracked Up To Be
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/1/2009
Hoopili
proposed housing project hits snag in land-use
law-Land
committee cites deficiencies in rejecting 'Ewa
urbanization plan by
Andrew Gomes,
Honolulu Advertiser, 8/29/2009
Planners give nod to gated community after
noting CDP conflict (Hawaii)
by Erin Miller, West Hawaii Today, 8/29/2009
NY Times On Property Owner Amici In Beachfront
Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/26/2009
Op-Ed On Eminent Domain Abuse At NY's Atlantic
Yards
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/25/2009
NJ Appeals Ct: Eminent Domain Pretext Determined
Objectively, By Context
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/21/2009
Even More Amici Supporting The Property Owners
In Beach Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/21/2009
Amici Briefs Supporting The Property Owners In
Beach Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/21/2009
Cato Institute And Pacific Legal Foundation
Amicus Brief In Beach Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/20/2009
Landowner
sues state over rent law-Government
interference in commercial leases not
constitutional, HRPT says by
Andrew Gomes,
Honolulu Advertiser, 8/15/2009
Landowner HRPT sues state over new rent law
Honolulu Advertiser, 8/14/2009
HRPT sues over new lease-rent law
by Janis L. Magin,
Pacific Business News (Honolulu), 8/14/2009
SCOTUS Beach Renourishment Case Update: Merits
Brief Filed
by Mark Murakami, Hawaiioceanlaw.com, 8/14/2009
Petitioner's Merits Brief In SCOTUS Beachfront
Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/14/2009
Latest In Maui Affordable Housing Exaction Case:
Cross-Motions On Due Process
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/10/2009
Report: Beachfront Takings Case May Be
Sotomayor's First Test
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/7/2009
Property Owner's Brief In Atlantic Yards Appeal
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/3/2009
Judge rules for county, developer in lawsuit
over Waipouli resorts (Kauai)
by Paul C. Curtis, The Garden Island, 7/30/2009
State Forced Land Sales-The
Power of Eminent Domain to Redistribute Land
Ownership
by J. Arthur Rath, III, Hawaii Reporter,
7/23/2009
Kauai project
OK to proceed-Six
Hawaiian burials under house stir controversy
by Diana Leone,
Honolulu Advertiser, 7/22/2009
Must A Property Owner Seek A Change In The Law
In Order To Ripen A Takings Claim?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/20/2009
Do Judges "Make" Law? The Sotomayor Nomination
And The Beachfront Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/17/2009
HAWSCT On Nonconforming Uses: You Can't Change
What You Didn't Establish
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/14/2009
National Constitution Center Podcast On Kelo
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/14/2009
Development Opposition Results in Civil Stalking
Protection Order
by
Dwight Merriam, Partner, Robinson & Cole, LLP,
International
Municipal Lawyers Association - Local Government
Blog, 7/13/2009
Sotomayor On Takings And Property Rights Issues
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/13/2009
Plan to build Kauai home over native burials
raises legal issues
by Diana Leone,
Honolulu Advertiser, 7/9/2009
Another possible snag?-Property owner wants
to renege on agreement (Hawaii)
by Erin Miller, West Hawaii Today, 7/8/2009
PropertyProf's Summary Of The SCOTUS Beachfront
Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/2/2009
ACLU takes case of filmmaker subpoenaed in suit
over Kauai iwi, building of home
Honolulu Advertiser, 6/30/2009
Engineering a Solution to Governmental Concerns
with Seawalls - Maui Resident's Solution
by Mark Murakami, Hawaiioceanlaw.com, 6/29/2009
Homeowner uses tubes, mats to shield property
by Harry Eagar, The Maui News, 6/28/2009
Sea wall: Soft ‘way to go’-Coconut
fiber mats option for stabilizing the shoreline
by Harry Eagar, The Maui News, 6/28/2009
Cert Denied Update
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/26/2009
County OK with developer concessions-Palamanui
seeks more commercial land, later roads (Hawaii)
by Erin Miller, West Hawaii Today, 6/25/2009
Supreme Court to Hear Shoreline Property Case
by Mark Murakami, Hawaiioceanlaw.com, 6/25/2009
Eminent Domain Academic Round-Up: Pretext And
Compensation
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/21/2009
ABA Condemnation Law Committee Conference Call
On Beach Takings Case And Sotomayor Nomination
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/20/2009
NY Times On Judge Sotomayor And Property Rights
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/19/2009
Federal Circuit: Plaintiff Alleged Property
Right To Develop Land
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/17/2009
More Background On The Supreme Court's
Beachfront Takings Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/17/2009
SCOTUS Beachfront Takings Case Links
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/15/2009
SCOTUS To Review Beachfront Takings Case: Can A
Court Decision "Take" Property?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/15/2009
Cert Denied In Ninth Circuit Legislative
Exactions Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/12/2009
Opposite Sides Join Forces To Protect Property
Rights
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/10/2009
New Article On Redevelopment And "Blight" -
Proposal For Reform
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/9/2009
The Ames Brothers On Eminent Domain Negotiations
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/8/2009
Kahala residents won't trim vegetation
by Mary Vorsino,
Honolulu Advertiser, 6/1/2009
More On McMansions
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/28/2009
Mansionism Discouraged On Maui ..."Mansionism?"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/27/2009
'Right
to dry' bill goes to Lingle again
by Nina Wu, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 5/23/2009
HAWSCT: Property Owners Entitled To Attorneys
Fees & Costs For Failed Taking, Even If Gov't
Prevails In Intermediate Steps
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/22/2009
It Is Good To Be The King: Councilmembers
Personally Immune From Charges Of Retaliatory
Eminent Domain Abuse
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/21/2009
Minn Court Of Appeals: Redevelopment Agency
Exceeded Delegation Of Eminent Domain Authority
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/20/2009
Monday Eminent Domain Round-Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/18/2009
Government Must Pay 100% Of Owner's Defense Fees
In Illegal Condemnation
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/18/2009
Forcing landowners to be good neighbors
by Paul Drewes, KHNL8 News, 5/10/2009
Upzone equals huge uptick in property value
(Hawaii) by
Nancy Cook Lauer, West Hawaii Today, 5/9/2009
Monday Eminent Domain Round-Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/4/2009
Appeals court reverses Honolua Bay ruling-Pathway
that Lahaina man was blocking not public right
of way (Maui)
by Lila Fujimoto, The Maui News, 5/2/2009
Negligent property owners targeted by
Andrew Gomes,
Honolulu Advertiser, 5/1/2009
WA Court Of Appeals: Delegations Of Eminent
Domain Power To Municipalities Strictly
Construed
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/29/2009
The Nerve Of Those Californians, Vindicating
Federal Constitutional Rights In Texas Federal
Courts!
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/27/2009
Fifth Circuit: Fourth Amendment Seizure Of
Beachfront Land Claim Not Subject To Williamson
County Ripeness
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/27/2009
West Hawaii Today On Latest HAWSCT Opinion In
Eminent Domain Abuse Cases
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/23/2009
HAWSCT: Property Owners Entitled To Attorneys
Fees & Costs On Condemnation Appeal
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/22/2009
Minn Court Of Appeals: No Taking Of Church
Property For Sidewalk Without Consent
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/20/2009
New York Times Profiles Kelo, The "Eminent
Domain Crusader"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/17/2009
Little Pink House Event Report
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/15/2009
A Windward Oahu feud
by Paul Drewes, KHNL 8 News, 4/13/2009
Rail Taking Valuations In A Flat To Declining
Market
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/12/2009
Pretext In Eminent Domain: Law Of The Land On
The Coupe Opinion
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/10/2009
New Article: Is Eminent Domain Reform Just
Window Dressing?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/8/2009
Two Interesting Eminent Domain Decisions
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/8/2009
New Cert Petition And Amicus Brief On
Nollan/Dolan Applicability To Legislative
Exactions, In-Lieu Fees
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/6/2009
2009 Update Of Hawaii Chapter In Law & Procedure
Of Eminent Domain In The 50 States Available
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/4/2009
Links From Today's ABA Teleconference: Hot
Topics In Land Use Law 2009
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/2/2009
Links From Today's ABA Condemnation Hot Topics
Teleconference
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/1/2009
High Court Vindicates Property Rights and
Hawaiian State Sovereignty
by Ilya Shapiro, Hawaii Reporter, 3/31/2009
Book Review: Little Pink House, Eminent Domain -
Time To Change The Law
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/31/2009
Court Of Federal Claims Round-Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/30/2009
Cert Denied In Agripost (Williamson County)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/30/2009
James Ely: Report Card On Post-Kelo Eminent
Domain Reforms
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/24/2009
More On Pretext In Eminent Domain
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/24/2009
Determining Eminent Domain Pretext In Serial
Takings
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/22/2009
Weekend Round-Up-Several diverse items of
interest for your weekend reading enjoyment
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/21/2009
Overrule Williamson County: Agripost Cert
Petititon A "Petition To Watch"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/20/2009
Cato Institute Video Explaining Kelo
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/18/2009
More On "Little Pink House"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/15/2009
It Doesn’t Have to Be Kumbaya, But …
by
Dwight Merriam, Partner, Robinson & Cole,
International Municipal Lawyers Association -
Local Government Blog, 3/10/2009
Eminent Domain Round-Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/9/2009
Impact Fees And "Fair Share" Guest Commentary:
"Who Pays For Impacts: You Do"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/8/2009
Might Makes Blight In The New York Appellate
Division
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/8/2009
Home-occupations bill sent to planning panels
(Maui) by
Chris Hamilton, The Maui News, 3/7/2009
Cal. Court of Appeal Strikes Down
Out-Of-Proportion In-Lieu Affordable Housing
Exaction
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/2/2009
First Circuit: Williamson County Applies To
Eminent Domain Challenges
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/2/2009
Weekend Round-Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/28/2009
New Eminent Domain Book: Current Condemnation
Law: Takings, Compensation & Benefits (2d ed.)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/26/2009
Bill back on the line-Bill 1273 would allow for
some restrictions in the placement of a
clothesline
by Nina Wu, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 2/26/2009
Cert Denied In California Nollan/Dolan $5.3
Million Seawall "Mitigation Fee" Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/24/2009
Report On Oral Arguments In Atlantic Yards
Eminent Domain Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/24/2009
Eminent Domain Round-Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/23/2009
Cert Denied In Ripeness And Penn Central Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/23/2009
County Of Hawaii "Fair Share"/Impact Fees - What
Did The Court Decide?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/21/2009
Shoreline Setback Bill Passes Second Reading on
House Floor
by Michele Van Hessen, Hawaii Reporter,
2/19/2009
State & Local Government Condemnation Committee
Links
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/18/2009
Land Use Round-Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/17/2009
New York Court Of Appeals: No Need For A
Comprehensive Taking Plan
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/17/2009
Cal. Court of Appeal: No Public Use In "Case Of
Condemn First, Decide What To Do With The
Property Later"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/14/2009
Pretext In Compensation Determinations: 11th
Circuit Holds Landowner's Burden To Show
Government Intent To Depress Value By Regulation
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/13/2009
Upcoming Seminar: Zoning, Subdivision And Land
Development Law
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/9/2009
Zoning And Land Use Round-Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/9/2009
Motion delayed again on Turtle Bay rezoning
by Eloise Aguiar,
Honolulu Advertiser, 2/9/2009
Kelo Backlash: Media Hype?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/7/2009
County warns housing developer: Meet agreement
or be replaced (Hawaii)
by Jim Quirk, West Hawaii Today, 2/7/2009
Managers look to slice number of affordable
homes-project calls for 125
houses to be built in Waikoloa over next year
(Hawaii)
by Jim Quirk, West Hawaii Today, 2/6/2009
Council reaffirms belief in fair share legality-Dissenting
members cite illegality, ruling (Hawaii)
by Jim Quirk, West Hawaii Today, 2/5/2009
Even More On Hawaii County's Impact Fee ... Whoops, I
Mean "Fair Share"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/5/2009
More On Hawaii County's "Fair Share" Impact Fees
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/4/2009
West Hawaii Today Series: Is County ["Fair Share" And
Impact Fee] Practice Legal?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/3/2009
Florida Takings Links
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/3/2009
Approval sought to sell Paia luxury home-Best
option to remove house, restore to open park — mayor
(Maui)
by Ilima Loomis, The Maui News, 1/30/2009
Billionaire upsets
his Kahalu'u neighbors-Kawamoto's
failure to maintain property is dangerous, they say
by Eloise Aguiar,
Honolulu Advertiser, 1/28/2009
Cato Institute Podcast: A Story Of Eminent Domain Abuse
Featuring Susette Kelo
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/28/2009
Ka Iwi: Efforts to preserve a pristine Oahu coastline
by Paul Drewes, KHNL8 News, 1/26/2009
Keeping Ka Iwi undeveloped
by Paul Drewes, KHNL8 News, 1/26/2009
Hawaii Legislature Mulls Increased Protections for
Kailua Shoreline
by Mark Murakami, Hawaiioceanlaw.com,
1/26/2009
Oahu's Pristine Ka Iwi Lands Will
Be Preserved Under Governor's Proposal-Reclassification
from Urban to Rural Would Forestay Further Developments
by Rep. Gene Ward, Ph.D., Hawaii Reporter, 1/26/2009
Lingle wants Ka Iwi
coast free of development-State
land-use panel being asked to change shore's urban
zoning
by Suzanne Roig,
Honolulu Advertiser, 1/26/2009
Schedule In Kona Eminent Domain Pretext Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/24/2009
Reply In Support Of Petition In Pratt v. Cal. Coastal
Comm'n - Penn Central And Williamson County
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/23/2009
County Planning Department to review permit processing
costs (Maui) The Maui
News, 1/23/2009
California Court of Appeal: No TKO Of Eminent Domain
Challenge (Video)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/23/2009
Mortgage Modification As A Taking
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/20/2009
Cal. Court of Appeals Revisits (Sort of) Landgate: Of
Regulatory Takings, Means-End Analysis, and Due Process
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/20/2009
Materials From Hawaii Land Use Law Conference
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/15/2009
California Coastal Commission's Brief In Opposition In
Charles A. Pratt Construction Co. Cert Petition (Penn
Central and Williamson County)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/15/2009
State & Local Government Condemnation Committee Links
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/15/2009
2008 Land Use In Review: Ripeness Games In Regulatory
Takings
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/14/2009
Void ab Initio, Ultra Vires and Anyone Want to Buy Some
Extra Copies of a Zoning Ordinance?
by Dwight Merriam,
Partner, Robinson & Cole, LLP,
International Municipal Lawyers
Association - Local Government Blog, 1/12/2009
Upcoming: Hawaii Land Use Law Conference
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/12/2009
New York Court Of Appeals To Hear Appeal Challenging
Reason For Taking
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/12/2009
Historic Preservation - Unintended Consequences of Act
228 by Walt Harvey,
Hawaii Reporter, 1/9/2009
At The ALI-ABA Conference On Eminent Domain And Land
Valuation
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/8/2009
2008 Land Use In Review: Public Use And Pretext In
Eminent Domain
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/7/2009
Thank You, Star-Bulletin: Corrections And Clarifications
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/7/2009
New Article: The Ninth Circuit Rediscovers Substantive
Due Process In Land Use Cases
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/7/2009
2008 Land Use In Review: Shoreline Law
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/5/2009
Headline On Kona Condemnation
Cases - Not In The Ballpark
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/3/2009
Judge rules height limits apply to Maui Lani-Order
limits Fairways site to 30 feet over original grade
(Maui) by Lila
Fujimoto, The Maui News, 1/2/2008
2008 Land Use In Review: Zoning
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/2/2009
2008 Land Use In Review
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/1/2009
Pa Court: No Public Use Because
Residential Use Is Not "Blight"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/31/2008
Cal. Court of Appeals: No Record And No Findings By
Coastal Commission = No Consideration
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/30/2008
HAWSCT Declines To Review ICA Decision: No Private
Standing To Enforce Land Use Law
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/30/2008
More Amici Supporting Grant of Cert in Pratt (Penn
Central and Williamson County)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/30/2008
Further Amici Supporting Grant of Cert in Pratt (Penn
Central and Williamson County)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/29/2008
A Holdout
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/27/2008
HAWSCT Opinion in Eminent Domain Abuse Cases - Kona
Bypass Highway
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/24/2008
Cal. Court of Appeals: No Ongoing Business On Parcel
Taken, No Goodwill
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/23/2008
Kelo Concerns Cause Court to Convene Commissioners
by:
Dwight
Merriam,
Partner,
International Municipal
Lawyers Association - Local Government Blog, 12/22/2008
Our Amicus Brief in Pratt Construction Co. v. California
Coastal Commission
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/22/2008
Oahu landowners
bracing for rail-Some
worry they won't be fairly compensated for property in
its path
by Peter Boylan,
Honolulu Advertiser, 12/22/2008
Cal. Court of Appeals: Extension
of Ordinance Allows New Inverse Condemnation Challenge
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/16/2008
The Dark Side of Zoning
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/14/2008
Book Review: The Complete Guide To
Zoning
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/13/2008
Intermediate Court of Appeals Land
Use Decision Summarized
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/12/2008
Procedural Chutzpah: Williamson County in Action
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/9/2008
9th Circuit Takes Belt and
Suspenders Approach to Takings and Due Process Challenge
to Cal. Rent Control Ordinance
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/28/2008
Property Law Blog of Note
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/24/2008
New Cert Petition on Penn Central
and (Yet Again) Williamson County
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/18/2008
Legislation Lacks Look-back?
by
Dwight Merriam, Partner, Robinson & Cole LLP,
International Municipal Lawyers Association - Local
Government Blog, 11/17/2008
Ninth Circuit Coming to Honolulu
Nov. 17 - 21
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/13/2008
Japanese
Consul Should Help Hawaii Government with Japanese
National Genshiro Kawamoto's Abuse of Private Property-The
actions of one eccentric individual reflect poorly
throughout the entire State of Hawaii on all Japanese
nationals and the Japanese government
by
Rep. Barbara Marumoto, R-Kahala, Hawaii Reporter,
11/12/2008
Kohala zoning veto override fails
(Hawaii) by
Jim Quirk, West Hawaii Today, 11/8/2008
Impact fee bill dies in council-Hoffmann:
Taxpayers will pick up tab
(Hawaii) by
Jim Quirk, West Hawaii Today, 11/8/2008
Two New Categories: Equal
Protection, 42 U.S.C. § 1983/Civil Rights
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/8/2008
Contractor changed plan for
protecting Kauai bones by
Tom Finnegan, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 11/8/2008
Land Use Law Round-Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/5/2008
Clearing Up Myths About Hawaii
Eminent Domain Law and the Rail
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/2/2008
D-Day Draws Nigh For Honolulu
Rail, Condemnations
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/2/2008
Cert Petition: Overrule Williamson
County
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/31/2008
HAWSCT Curtails Definition of "Use
of State or County Lands" in Environmental Law
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/29/2008
Key Player in Penn Central Case
Obit
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/24/2008
Seminars on shoreline touring
state
Honolulu Advertiser, 10/24/2008
HAWICA: No Private Right of Action
to Enforce Land Use Laws
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/21/2008
Settling Land Use Litigation:
Private Agreements and Public Process
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/20/2008
Big Isle hearing set on schoool
development fee
Honolulu Advertiser, 10/18/2008
School impact fee on agenda on Big
Isle
Honolulu Advertiser, 10/18/2008
Oral Arguments in Kona Eminent
Domain Abuse Appeals: Damages for Failed Condemnations,
Abatement, and Pretext
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/17/2008
Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation:
Materials From Today's Discussion
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/17/2008
Hawaii's "Buffer Bill"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/17/2008
California Court of Appeals:
Property Owners Have Constitutional Rights!
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/16/2008
Ninth Circuit: No Taking of
Interest on Abandoned (Escheated) Property
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/15/2008
Historic Preservation -The
Unintended Consequences of Hawaii's Act 228
by Walt Harvey (R), Hawaii Reporter, 10/14/2008
California Court of Appeals:
Development Moratorium Challenge Not Ripe
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/9/2008
New historic preservation law irks
property owners, contractors-Contractors,
property owners question law intended to preserve
architectural treasures
by Andrew Gomes,
Honolulu Advertiser, 10/6/2008
Burial council hears outrage over
home site by
Tom Finnegan, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 10/3/2008
Burial council urged to halt
building on lot (Kauai)
by Diana Leone,
Honolulu Advertiser, 10/3/2008
Ninth Circuit: Owner Has No Right
of Access to Property From Federal Land
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/2/2008
Cal. Court of Appeals: Development
Moratorium a Taking Under Lucas
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/1/2008
Ninth Circuit: Post-Taking Sales
Admissible in Federal Condemnation
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/30/2008
Molokai Ranch condemnation
explored
by Chris Hamilton, The Maui News,
Honolulu Advertiser, 9/19/2008
Hawaii County may acquire 3-acre
property for Alii Parkway
by Jim Quirk, West Hawaii Today, 9/19/2008
Homeowners required to farm on new
Kauai agri-real estate
by Stephanie Lum, KHNL8 News, 9/19/2008
The Fifth Amendment and the Eighth
Commandment
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/19/2008
Homeowners required to farm on new
Kauai agri-real estate
by Stephanie Lum, KHNL8 News, 9/18/2008
Eminent Domain and the Eighth
Commandment
by Professor Ken Schoolland, Hawaii Reporter, 9/18/2008
Buyout proposed for lot with
burials-Hawaiian
nonprofit will raise money to preserve remains on Kauai
land
by Diana Leone,
Honolulu Advertiser, 9/18/2008
Burial law was not followed, judge
says (Kauai)
by Michael Levine, The Garden Island, 9/16/2008
Ninth Circuit: Local Zoning
Ordinance Does Not Conflict With Federal Statute
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/11/2008
Kauai judge to rule in burials
dispute
by Diana Leone,
Honolulu Advertiser, 9/9/2008
Judge deciding whether man can
build property over Hawaiian burials
by Diana Leone,
Honolulu Advertiser, 9/5/2008
My So-Called Exaction Case: More
on Action Apartment
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/4/2008
Eminent Domain and the Holy Rail:
"Dear Homeowner" Letters in the Mail?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/29/2008
Honolulu notifying landowners in
way of planned rail route-City
starts to mail letters; won't disclose affected
properties until October
by Sean Hao,
Honolulu Advertiser, 8/29/2008
California Court Rejects Facial
Nollan/Dolan Claim to Affordable Housing Exaction
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/28/2008
Ninth Circuit: City's (Alleged)
Failure to Enforce the Zoning Code Is Not A Substantive
Due Process Violation (Oh, And Armendariz is Still
Overruled)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/27/2008
Cert Petition Asks Supreme Court
to Overrule Williamson County
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/26/2008
More on Oral Arguments in Kona
Eminent Domain Abuse Appeal
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/22/2008
Judge approves company’s permits-Questions
of land use had led a Kauai panel to deny a water
bottler by
Tom Finnegan, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 8/22/2008
Victory in Kauai Springs Zoning
Permit Appeal
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/21/2008
Oral Argument Scheduled in Kona
Eminent Domain Appeals: Damages for Failed
Condemnations, Abatement, and Pretext
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/20/2008
Building may continue atop
burials-A hearing on a request for an injunction will
continue, and a judge lets construction go on by
Tom Finnegan, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 8/15/2008
Judge upholds Wainiha construction
again (Kauai)
by Blake Jones, The Garden Island, 8/15/2008
Zoning Inspectors Need A Warrant
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/14/2008
Kauai panel to probe construction
atop graves by
Tom Finnegan, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 8/14/2008
Three Times The Pain, And Your Own
Self To Blame*
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/13/2008
Coastal Land Use Law Seminar
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/12/2008
N.J. Owners Fight Over Beach
Access
by Wayne Parry, AP, Realtor Magazine, 8/11/2008
New Jersey: Blight Not Right
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/8/2008
Men end protest at Kauai grave
site
by Diana Leone,
Honolulu Advertiser, 8/8/2008
Group stops construction at
burials by Tom
Finnegan, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 8/8/2008
Burial protest dissolves 8 hours
after start (Kauai)
by Blake Jones, The Garden Island, 8/8/2008
Native Hawaiian protest to prevent
construction on ancient burial site (Kauai)
KHNL8-News, 8/7/2008
Cal. Court of Appeals: Goverment
Does Not Have To Own The Entire Faulty Drainage System
To Be Liable For Inverse Condemnation
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/4/2008
Takings Claim Goes From State
Court To Federal Court, And Now Back To State Court
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/3/2008
Zoning Can Regulate Use Of
Property, Not Ownership
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/25/2008
Compromise finally reached on
disputed Kilauea home (Kauai)
by Nathan Eagle, The Garden Island, 7/25/2008
Beach Valuation - Exactions for
Beach Loss Projected After Seawall Construction
by Mark Murakami, Hawaiianoceanlaw.com, 7/19/2008
Protesting Eminent Domain Abuse
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/12/2008
Washington (State) Court Of
Appeals: One-Size-Fits-All Open Space Regulation Is Not
Roughly Proportional
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/10/2008
Nollan/Dolan Challenge to Maui's
50% Housing Exaction Is A Takings Claim Subject To
Williamson County
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/3/2008
Wrecking
Property Rights-How
cities use eminent domain to seize property for private
developers
by Sam Staley, Hawaii Reporter, 7/2/2008
Professor Tribe on Wilkie v.
Robbins: Death by a Thousand Cuts
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/29/2008
Note to Self: Avoid June 23 at the
Supreme Court
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/23/2008
Kahala homeowners fight for rights
on Kahala beach
by Roger Mari, KHNL8-News, 6/23/2008
Public Use/Kelo Round Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/17/2008
Amicus Brief in Goldstein v.
Pataki Eminent Domain Pretext Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/9/2008
Cert Petition Asks: Is There A
Federal Avigational Servitude?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/7/2008
Shoreline Boundaries And Shoreline
Setbacks
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/6/2008
More on Kahala Shoreline
Controversy
by Mark Murakami, Hawaiianoceanlaw.com, 6/6/2008
A Message From Susette Kelo
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/5/2008
State of Hawaii Pushes Shoreline
Owners on Vegetation
by Mark Murakami, Hawaiianoceanlaw.com, 6/4/2008
State upholding public policy in
Kahala beach access issue
Opinion, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 6/4/2008
Takings Round Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/3/2008
Property Owner's Reply Brief in
Kona Eminent Domain Appeals: Damages for Failed
Condemnations, Abatement, and Pretext
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/2/2008
Honolulu Rail Takings
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/1/2008
189 Hawaii properties in transit's
path-But
some landowners say they were unaware of the potential
impact
by Sean Hao,
Honolulu Advertiser, 6/1/2008
Upcoming Seminar on Coastal
Engineering and Land Use Issues in Hawaii
by Mark Murakami, Hawaiianoceanlaw.com, 5/27/2008
Petition for Rehearing in Pratt
Construction v. Cal. Coastal Comm'n
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/27/2008
Two Recent Law Review Articles
(Water Law and Shoreline Issues)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/25/2008
CFC: Takings Claim For Flooding
Not Barred By Statute of Limitations
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/24/2008
New Category: Court of Federal
Claims | Federal Circuit
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/24/2008
Can a City Bind Itself to Exercise
Eminent Domain? Brief Opposing Cert in Matsuda
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/22/2008
Can a City Bind Itself to Exercise
Eminent Domain? Cert Petition in Ninth Circuit Case on
Reserved Powers, Public Use, and Contracts Clause
(Matsuda)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/22/2008
Cal. Court of Appeals: Taking
Claim For Denial of Coastal Development Permit Not Ripe
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/19/2008
Government Brief in Kona Eminent
Domain Appeals: Damages for Failed Condemnations,
Abatement, and Pretext
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/17/2008
Wait, I Thought The Police Power and the Public Use
Clause Were "Coterminous"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/17/2008
Eminent Domain Round Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/16/2008
I Just Saved A Ton Of Money On My
Eminent Domain Insurance
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/13/2008
The Euclidization of Public Use -
A Dose of Reality For the Kelo Majority
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/28/2008
Mow Back the Naupaka - So Say
Kahala Beachgoers
by Mark Murakami, Hawaiianoceanlaw.com, 4/25/2008
New Federal Court Land Use Case
Against County of Maui
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/19/2008
Book Review: Bulldozed - "Kelo,"
Eminent Domain, and the American Lust for Land
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/18/2008
Cert Petition in Ninth Circuit
Case on Reserved Powers, Contracts Clause in Repeal of
Eminent Domain Ordinance (Matsuda)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/18/2008
Condemnation Blight and Clouding
Use
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/13/2008
Blighting Property by Inequitable
Precondemnation Activities
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/13/2008
Opening Brief in Kona Eminent
Domain Appeals: Damages for Failed Condemnations,
Abatement, and Pretext
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/9/2008
Cases and Links From Today's
Seminar
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/3/2008
Discretion Wins Out Over Valor in
Half Moon Bay Inverse Condemnation Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/2/2008
Cert Petition in Goldstein v.
Pataki: How to Plead Kelo Pretext
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/1/2008
Well, What Do You Know: Condemnees
Have Due Process Rights!
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/24/2008
Epstein on the Didden Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/24/2008
New Article: Property Rights in the Ninth Circuit, And
Beyond
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/21/2008
Missouri Supreme Court: Both Large
and Small Cities May Use Eminent Domain for
Redevelopment
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/19/2008
6th Circuit: We Have No
Jurisdiction, But We Rule Against The Property Owner
Anyway
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/14/2008
County Withdraws Motion to Dismiss
Land Use Civil Rights Complaint
(Kauai)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/10/2008
Kauai mayor slams gated
communities AP, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 2/10/2008
The Right to Exclude
Others From Gated Communities
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/9/2008
Home builder calls it
quits, says 'can't fight City Hall'
by Nancy Cook Lauer, West Hawaii Today, 2/9/2008
Pleading Kelo Pretext:
What About Justice Kennedy?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/6/2008
Judge rules against
landowner-Coupe
case could be appealed all the way to the U.S.
Supreme Court, says attorney
by Bobby Command, West Hawaii Today, 1/30/2008
Man found guilty in beach
obstruction case
by
Lila Fujimoto, The Maui News, 1/29/2008
Setting the Record
Straight in Eminent Domain Battle
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/28/2008
Post-Kelo Reform Panel
Discussion
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/23/2008
Rallying for access to beaches
by
Lee Cataluna,
Honolulu Advertiser, 1/20/2008
Kawamoto's rent-free deal stays within law
by
Andrew Gomes,
Honolulu Advertiser, 1/20/2008
Tycoon's Kahala 'Mission' a
neighborhood eyesore
by
Andrew Gomes,
Honolulu Advertiser, 1/20/2008
Eminent Domain and Land Use Round-up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/18/2008
Somin on Kanner on Toobin
on Kelo
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/18/2008
Deal Or No Deal: Ninth
Circuit Says Honolulu May Have to Live Up to Its
Eminent Domain Promises
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/14/2008
More on Matsuda (Ninth
Circuit)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/14/2008
Nevada SCT: Upon Further
Review, It's a Per Se Regulatory Taking
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/13/2008
2007 Land Use in Review: Estoppel and Shoreline
Setbacks
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/8/2008
2007 Land Use in Review:
Due Process Notice in Eminent Domain
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/8/2008
Supreme Court: Getting It
Right Doesn't Matter - Statute of Limitations in
Inverse Condemnation Claims Against the Federal
Government is Jurisdictional
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/8/2008
PA Supreme Court on Public
Use and Pretext - Take That, Kelo
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/6/2008
2007 in Review: Post-Kelo
Claims of Pretext
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/4/2008
Regulatory Takings Claims
in Federal Court?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/3/2008
2007 in Review: Private
Agreements and Public Process
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/1/2008
2007 in Review: Government
Gone Wild
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/31/2007
Takings Claim Ripe Upon
Enactment of Regulation, No Permit Application
Necessary
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/29/2007
PA Supreme Court Upholds
Use of Eminent Domain to Take Private Property
And Turn Over to Religious School
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/29/2007
Comprehensive Eminent
Domain Plan: If You Don't Have One, The Court
Will Make One Up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/26/2007
Podcast on $37m Federal
Inverse Condemnation Judgment
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/21/2007
NY Sun Opinion: Columbia
Pulls a Kelo
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/20/2007
City Will Appeal $37
Million Inverse Condemnation Judgment to Ninth
Circuit
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/19/2007
Government's Response to
$37M Inverse Condemnation Judgment
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/18/2007
Coupes seek condemnation
money, wait on appeal (Hawaii)
by Bobby Command, West Hawaii Today, 12/15/2007
Wall St. Journal on Beach
Erosion Issues (video)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/14/2007
"I'm
Shocked, Shocked to Find That Gambling Is Going
On In Here!"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/12/2007
Whose Beach Is This
Anyway?-As Shorelines Shift, Owners Of
Waterfront Homes Fight States Over Property
Lines
by
Kris Hudson, The Wall Street Journal, 12/12/2007
What's the Difference
Between "Inverse Condemnation" and a "Regulatory
Taking?"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/9/2007
In Ripeness Doctrine,
What's Good For the Goose is Not Necessarily
Good for the Gander
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/7/2007
Court Has No Power to
Order Government to Take Property
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/5/2007
New York Times: Judging
Eminent Domain
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/3/2007
Use It or Lose It —
Adverse Possession
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/3/2007
Ninth Circuit: Rent
Control Ordinance Not a Taking or Due Process
Violation
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/3/2007
Third Circuit RLUIPA
Decision - Circuit Split?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/2/2007
No. Cal. Federal Court
Whacks City for $36.8m Inverse Condemnation
Award
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/30/2007
Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against County of
Kauai-Kauai
Planning Commission Denied Kauai Springs Zoning
Permits for 'Off The Wall' Reasons
by Kauai
Springs, Hawaii Reporter, 11/29/2007
Reason.tv Video on
"Eminent Domain Gone Wild"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/28/2007
Property Rights in the
United States: a Debate (mp3)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/27/2007
Court of Federal Claims
Takings Roundup
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/25/2007
Ohio Court Makes Property
Owners Whole After Eminent Domain Struck Down
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/23/2007
eminentdomainsucks.com
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/23/2007
Wall St. Journal on Impact
Fees and Exactions
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/21/2007
Some Thoughts on
Goldstein v. Pataki
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/21/2007
More on DC Decision on
Evidence of Pretext in Public Use Challenges
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/14/2007
DC Court: Evidence of
Pretext in Public Use Challenges
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/12/2007
Transcript of Oral
Arguments in Tucker Act Statute of Limitations
Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/6/2007
Ninth Circuit: Landowner
May Assert Both Takings and Due Process Claims
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/31/2007
Washington (State) Supreme
Court Strikes Down Shoreline Development
Moratoria
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/31/2007
SLAPP Suits, Ballot
Measures, and Curbing Eminent Domain Abuse
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/26/2007
Petition for Rehearing/En
Banc in RLUIPA Settlement Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/22/2007
Summary of John R.
Sand & Gravel Case: Is the Statute of
Limitations in Federal Inverse Condemnation
Cases Jurisdictional?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/22/2007
Encroachment common on
Kihei shoreline
by Chris Hamilton, The Maui News, 10/18/2007
How Just is Just
Compensation?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/13/2007
Shoreline Access Across
Private Property - A Shortcut to Paying for the
Change?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/12/2007
Government Brief in
Federal Statute of Limitations in Inverse
Condemnation Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/11/2007
Access to Oahu’s shoreline
is being blocked little by little
Opinion, Honolulu Star Bulletin,
10/11/2007
Pleading
Kelo
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/9/2007
Beach access on Kailua
board's agenda tonight
Honolulu Advertiser, 10/4/2007
Post-Kelo Cert.
Petition (MiPro) Denied
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/1/2007
Gates Open Bigger Issue
Over Beach Access
by
Mari-Ela David,
KHNL-8 News, 9/27/2007
Court Strikes Delegation
of Eminent Domain and Reimbursement to Private
Party
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/27/2007
Highway gets land-KONA:
JUDGE UPHOLDS CONDEMNATION IN HOKULIA PROJECT
by Rod Thompson, Honolulu Star Bulletin,
9/26/2007
More on Wilkie v.
Robbins - Where to go When Government Goes
Wild
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/26/2007
Private Gate Blocks Public
Beach Access
by
Mari-Ela David,
KHNL-8 News, 9/26/2007
Hawaii debates private
gates to public beaches (Oahu)
by
Catherine E. Toth,
Honolulu Advertiser, 9/26/2007
Beach "Ownership" and
Access Over Private Property
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/25/2007
Eminent Domain Power Can't
Be Delegated to Private Party
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/21/2007
Ninth Circuit: No Takings and Due Process
Challenge to Cal. Rent Control Ordinance
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/17/2007
Streams as "Public"
Property
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/16/2007
Links for "Progress in
Protecting Property Rights Post-Kelo"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/11/2007
Ninth Circuit: Land Swap
of Cross on Federal Land Violates Establishment
Clause Injunction
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/6/2007
NY Times on Property
Rights as Constitutional Rights
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/4/2007
Parallels Between
Superferry and Hokulia Debacles
by Aaron Stene, Hawaii Reporter, 9/3/2007
David Wins One Against Goliath
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
9/1/2007
New Articles on Eminent
Domain (Kelo & Midkiff)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/30/2007
New Ninth Circuit
Regulatory Takings Case Has It All
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/28/2007
Is The Statute of
Limitations in Federal Inverse Condemnation
Claims Jurisdictional?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/27/2007
More on 9th Circuit RLUIPA
Settlement Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/24/2007
Recent Williamson
County Ripeness Decisions Summarized
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/18/2007
Brooklyn Eminent Domain Fight Goes to Second
Circuit
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/17/2007
Columbia U's Expansion
Plans and Eminent Domain
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/16/2007
Mass Court Invalidates
40-Year Taking For Lack of Notice
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/12/2007
Article on Effectiveness
of Eminent Domain Legislation After
Kelo
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/11/2007
Eminent domain to be used
in condo acquisition
The Maui News, 8/4/2007
Eminent Domain Due Process
Notice
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/2/2007
Wilkie
Commentary on Remedies for Violations of
Constitutional Property Rights
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
8/1/2007
More on Liu: Good
Fences Make Bad Borders?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/30/2007
Eminent Domain Update from
the NY Times
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/29/2007
Land Use Round-up
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/29/2007
Good Fences Make Bad
Borders?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/28/2007
County orders no building
in beachfront open zone (Kauai)
by Lester Chang, The Garden Island, 7/27/2007
More on Brescia —
The Rockstar Angle
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/25/2007
Rocker's plans for Kauai
home blocked-Joseph Brescia and his neighbor Red
Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis
must change plans
by Tom Finnegan, Honolulu Star Bulletin,
7/25/2007
Dissenters' Kelo
Warnings Coming to Pass?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/25/2007
HAWSCT: Estoppel and
Shoreline Setbacks
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/24/2007
The Dynamics of the Hawaii
Land Use Process
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/17/2007
Vested Rights/Zoning
Estoppel Dispute Brewing on Kauai
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/13/2007
Gideon's Trumpet - New
Eminent Domain Blog
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/13/2007
HAWSCT: Shoreline
Setbacks, Due Process and Vested Rights
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/12/2007
Admin note: light posting
this week
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/12/2007
Honolulu Advertiser Op-ed
on Wilkie v.
Robbins
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/5/2007
Condemnation of Paia beach
lot given a go (Maui)
by
Harry Eagar, The Maui News, 7/5/2007
Shoreline Public Access on
Federally Owned Land
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
7/2/2007
Kelo
Pretext vs. Public Use: Eminent Domain Improper
When the Sole Purpose to Assist Private Entities
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/27/2007
Government Gone Wild:
Wilkie v. Robbins Decided
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/25/2007
Inverse Condemnation,
Eminent Domain, and Development Agreements
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/21/2007
County, property owner
spar-Land
for bypass highway at center of court case
(Hawaii)
by Bobby Command, 6/19/2007
Public Use Challenges Not
Subject to Williamson County Ripeness
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/19/2007
Beach unit condemnation
sought (Maui)
by Harry Eagar, The Maui News, 6/16/2007
Eminent Domain and
"Blight" Designations - Missouri Weighs In
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/14/2007
Punaluu: Community faces
Down Threats, Intimidation
by Andrew Walden, Hawaii Reporter, 6/14/2007
HAWSCT: More on CARD
v. Honolulu ZBA - Administrative Procedures
in Land Use Cases
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/11/2007
Cert Petition Challenging
Kelo Pretext
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/11/2007
2007 Eminent Domain Report
Card:Some States Still Don’t Make the Grade
by John E Kramer, Institute For Justice,
6/6/2007
New DVD Guides Homeowners
On How To Fight Eminent Domain Abuse
by John E Kramer, Institute For Justice,
6/6/2007
SCOTUS: "Prevailing
Party," Attorney's Fees, and Land Use Litigation
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/5/2007
HAWSCT: New Case on
Administrative Procedures in Conditional Use
Permit Challenges
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
6/4/2007
Upholding The Right to
Exclude: Rare Judicial Smackdown of California
Coastal Commission
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/30/2007
Hawaii Land Use Roundup
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/29/2007
"Artificial" Vegetation
and the Shoreline Boundary
(Kauai)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/28/2007
Preliminary Injunction in
Kauai Zoning Permit Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/11/2007
At last, eminent domain
reform is imminent
by Steven D. Anderson, The Virginia Pilot,
5/10/2007
More on Kauai Zoning
Permit Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/6/2007
Kauai Zoning Permit Case
Reported
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
5/3/2007
Amicus Brief in Accretion
Appeal: Heads, the State Wins; Tails You Lose
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/27/2007
State reviews coastal
property rights
by Bobby Command, West Hawaii Today, 4/25/2007
Racism And Eminent Domain
by Scott Mooneyham, MyDailyRecord.com, 4/19/2007
HAWSCT: Venue in
Declaratory Actions on Legality of Agency Rules
is Jurisdictional
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/18/2007
Federal Circuit Arguments
on the Penn Central Factors (mp3)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/14/2007
Takings and Historic
Preservation:
Penn Central
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/8/2007
Ninth Circuit on Jury
Trials in Federal Eminent Domain and Inverse
Condemnation Valuations
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/4/2007
What is "Inverse
Condemnation?"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
4/4/2007
Adverse Possession:
"Openly, Notoriously, Continuously, Exclusively"
And . . .
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/26/2007
Private Property, Eminent
Domain, Property Taxes, and a Champion!
by Walt Harvey, Grass In Review, 3/27/2007
The Eminent Domain
"Holdout," Graphically Illustrated
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/26/2007
Land Use Trifecta:
Historic Preservation, Religious Uses, and
Regulatory Takings
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/26/2007
Eminent Domain Abuse and
Retaliation
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/26/2007
More on Wilkie:
Is Property A Personal Constitutional Right?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/20/2007
Links to Further
Wilkie Analysis
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/20/2007
Property Rights in the
Supreme Court: Today's Argument in
Wilkie
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/19/2007
Wilkie
Transcript Posted
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/19/2007
SCOTUSblog on Wilkie
Land Use Extortion Arguments
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/18/2007
Supreme Court Preview: Is
There a Right to be Free From Government
Retaliation For Defending Your Property Rights?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/17/2007
At last, eminent domain
reform is imminent
by Steven D. Anderson, The Virginian-Pilot,
3/10/2007
9th Circuit Limits Clean
Water Act Jurisdiction
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/8/2007
RICO, Nollan/Dolan, and
"Extortion"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/8/2007
Residents gain a voice in
court-Public advocate upheld in Long Branch
eminent-domain case
by Carol Gorga Williams, Asbury Park Press,
3/7/2007
Cal Supreme Court on
"Quick Take" Procedures
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
3/4/2007
Tenant sues to block
eminent domain
by Christine Varno, Atlanticville, 3/1/2007
In eminent domain, a newly
eminent tool
by
Jeff Pillets, North Jersey, 2/16/2006
Court: Owner owns Papa‘a
road (Kauai)
by Amanda C. Gregg, The Garden Island, 2/16/2007
Kauai loses fight over
access to Papaa Bay-The road to the beach is
found to be privately owned
by Tom Finnegan, Honolulu Star Bulletin,
2/15/2007
Brief seeks
dismissal of condemnations-Attorneys argue city
gave control to developers
by Christine Varno, Atlanticville, 2/15/2007
NEW MEXICO LAWMAKERS LOOK
AT PROTECTING PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF
CITIZENS
by Allie Martin, Montana News Association,
2/14/2007
Governor Rell’s Eminent
Domain Proposals Won’t Protect Connecticut
Homeowners-Institute for Justice Urges
Connecticut Legislature To Adopt REAL Eminent
Domain Reform
by John Kramer or Lisa Knepper, Institute for
Justice, 2/8/2007
Maryland’s High Court
Continues String of Victories For Home and Small
Business Owners Since Kelo-Court
Rules Cities Must Show “Immediate Need” For
Quick-Take Condemnations
by John Kramer, Institute for
Justice, 2/8/2007
Long Branch Homeowners Ask
Appeals Court To Overturn Condemnation of their
Homes-Institute for Justice Will Fight to Allow
Public Advocate’s Friend of the Court Brief
by John Kramer or Lisa Knepper, Institute for
Justice, 2/8/2007
Moloa‘a trail raises
public access issues (Kauai)
by Lester Chang, The Garden Island, 2/8/2007
Queen Street fixes
halted-The HCDA board votes to scrap the planned
improvements, citing ballooning expenses (Oahu)
by Nina Wu, Honolulu Star Bulletin,
2/8/2007
His domain to the end-Long
Branch holdout, 93, dies at home
by Mark Mueller, The Star-Ledger, 2/7/2007
by
Harry Minium, The Virginian-Pilot, 2/5/2007
Eminent domain is
'zero-sum gain'
Portsmouth Herald, 2/4/2007
How Just is "Just
Compensation"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
2/4/2007
City moves to block
support for MTOTSA case ... again-Homeowners'
attorney: City harasses beachfront residents
by Christine Varno, Atlanticville, 2/1/2007
County ordered to state
position on Montana Beach unit (Maui)
by Harry Eagar, The Maui News, 2/1/2007
Federal Reserve Finding:
Eminent Domain for Private Development May Do
More Harm Than Good
John E. Kramer, Institute for Justice, 1/31/2007
"High Wash of the Waves?"
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/30/2007
Trespassing on Shoreline
Private Property
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/29/2007
Are Constitutional
Property Rights "Cultural Practices" That Should
be Considered?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/28/2007
Bill would revise
condemnation rules-Senate
panel passes measure requiring early written
notice
by Melissa Santos, Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
1/26/2007
Even More Eminent Domain
Measures Introduced (Last Ones)
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/24/2007
More Eminent Domain
Measures Introduced
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/23/2007
Is it end of the road in
Kaka'ako? (Oahu) by
Andrew
Gomes,
Honolulu Advertiser, 1/23/2007
Line drawn in the sand on
eminent domain-Heavy
hitters join legal fight on Long Branch use of
property takeover for development
by Maryann Spoto, Star Ledger, 1/22/2007
Honolulu Street Widening
Halted
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/22/2007
Plan to widen Queen Street
on hold (Oahu)
Honolulu Advertiser, 1/22/2007
No Jury Trial on
"Constitutionality" of Land Use Laws
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/21/2007
Eminent Domain Measures
Introduced
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/20/2007
Justices Decline to Take
Up New Eminent Domain Case
by Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times,
1/17/2007
Supreme Court: Eminent
Domain Extortion OK
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/16/2007
U.S. Supreme Court
Declines to Hear Eminent Domain Extortion Case
-
Federal Court Allows
Developers To Demand
Cash Payments Under
Eminent Domain Threat
by John Kramer, Institute For Justice,
1/16/2007
Courts must send message
on our property rights
by Bart Didden, The Post-Standard, 1/11/2007
Fixing Kelo
Opinion, The New York Sun, 1/11/2007
Reform or not?
by Dustin Bleizeffer, Casper StarTrubune.net,
1/11/2007
Let There Be 'Blight'-Welcome
to the post-Kelo world
by William R. Maurer, The Wall Street Journal,
1/11/2007
County wants new evidence
allowed (Hawaii)
by Bobby Command, West Hawaii Today, 1/9/2007
A pretextual taking
by Richard A. Epstein & Ilya Somin,
National Law Journal, 1/8/2007
The Goal Is Freedom:
Extortion in Port Chester
by Sheldon Richman, In Brief, 1/5/2007
2006 Land Use in Review:
"Fixed Guideway" System Approved
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/4/2007
2006 Land Use in Review:
Voters Nationwide (But Not Hawaii) Enact Eminent
Domain Reform
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/4/2007
2006 Land Use in Review:
Shoreline Tales
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/3/2007
Next big test of power to
seize property?-The US Supreme Court will
examine whether a private company can demand
payment in exchange for not seizing private
property
by Warren Richey,
The Christian Science Monitor, 1/2/2007
Give Me Money, or Else I
Will Take Your Property
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
1/1/2007
Property Rights
Initiatives Win in Landslides in 9 States-Hawaii
Voters Had No Opportunity to Curb Eminent
Domain Abuse Without Legislators' Aid
by Leonard C. Gilroy, Hawaii Reporter,
12/31/2006
2006 Land Use in Review:
Hawaii Water Law is Not a Federal Case
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/31/2006
Law Review Article on
Vested Rights and Development Agreements
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/30/2006
2006 Land Use in Review:
Land Reform Revisited
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/30/2006
Property Taxes and Eminent
Domain
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/27/2006
A Camel is a Horse
Designed by Committee
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/22/2006
Should Property Owners be
Grateful Their Property is Condemned?
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/21/2006
Don't fence me out-Contractor
relocates fence that would have limited access
to Lyman's (Hawaii)
by Lisa Huynh, West Hawaii Today, 12/21/2006
Eminent Domain and the
Holy Rail
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/21/2006
Eminent domain legal bill:
$850K
by Steve Kemme, The Enquirer, 12/20/2006
Two New Eminent Domain
Cert Petitions
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/19/2006
Contemplating a Rail
Development Moratorium
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
12/14/2006
Study of Kauai's coastal
erosion progressing
by
Jan TenBruggencate,
Honolulu Advertiser, 12/10/2006
Bill would set Kauai homes
farther back from ocean
by Tom Finnegan, Honolulu Star Bulletin,
12/9/2006
Shoreline protection focus
of three-year erosion study (Kauai)
by Lester Chang, The Garden Island, 12/8/2006
Eminent domain foes win a
ruling
by Carol Gorga Williams, Asbury Park Press,
12/8/2006
Property Rights: A city's
limits
Opinion, Seattle Post Intelligencer,
12/4/2006
An American's home is
still her castle-Last year's Supreme Court
ruling weakening property rights may end up
strengthening them
The Economist, 11/23/2006
Is The Property Rights
Revolution Being Hijacked?
by Peter G.
Miller, Realty Times, 11/21/2006
Trial opens over leases
for cabins at Kokee Park
by Tom Finnegan, Honolulu Star Bulletin,
11/21/2006
Honolulu Amends Eminent
Domain Law
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
11/15/2006
Alleged trespassers claim
right to land-Five plead not guilty after 16 are
arrested on a Maui parcel being developed for
housing (Maui)
by Wendy Osher, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 11/14/2006
California was behind this
trend
The Orange County Register, 11/12/2006
Property theft in America
by John Stossel, Townhall.com, 11/8/2006
Eminent domain
restrictions approved in 9 states, rejected in 3
by Jaime Jansen
, Jurist Legal News &
Research, 11/8/2006
The Anti-Kelo
Wave-Voters are taking up the Supreme
Court's challenge
The Wall Street Journal, 11/4/2006
Good Fences Make Good
Neighbors
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/30/2006
Advocates hail
beach-access ruling-Critics question the effects
on owners of beachfront homes
by Diana Leone, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 10/30/2006
Ruling acknowledges
public's right to shorelines
Opinion, Honolulu Star Bulletin,
10/29/2006
Shoreline Definition
History in a Nutshell
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/28/2006
Factor for beachfront
developers
by
Jerry Burris, Honolulu Advertiser,
10/27/2006
Taking it to the Streets
by Thomas Patterson, Goldwater Institute,
10/26/2006
These Lands Are Your Lands
by
G. Tracy Mehan,
III,
The American Spectator, 10/26/2006
Ruling sparks beach
debate-A high court decision intensifies
arguments over Hawaii seaside property setbacks
by Tom Finnegan, Honolulu Star Bulletin,
10/26/2006
Ruling upholds shoreline
access
by
Jan TenBruggencate,
Honolulu
Advertiser, 10/26/2006
Shifting Sands of Shoreline Definitions
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/25/2006
Settling makes eminent
sense
Asbury Park Press, 10/14/2006
Eminent Domain: Legal
Update and Practical Tips Materials
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/12/2006
Man Bites Dog: Ag Uses to
be Required on Ag Land
by Robert H. Thomas, Invercondemnation.com,
10/8/2006
Land-use decisions should
remain local
Opinion, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 10/6/2006
Setback rules for shores
reviewed (Maui)
The Maui News, 10/4/2006
A house under siege in
Riviera Beach
by Bert Gall, Miami Herald, 10/2/2006
House passes property
rights bill
by Joshua Pantesco, Jurist Legal News &
Research, 9/30/2006
Property rights bill fails
in US House
by Joshua Pantesco, Jurist Legal News &
Research, 9/27/2006
Aborigines Win Australian
Land Claim
by Rod McGuirk, AP, SFGate.com, 9/21/2006
Another Side of Eminent
Domain-Property rights vs. development — a hot
issue hits home for one airport owner
by Thor Solberg,
Airport Business, 9/16/2006
State told it cannot own
newly grown beach land-Circuit Judge Hifo gives
ownership of naturally extended properties to
adjacent landowners
by Diana Leone, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 9/14/2006
A new battle for rights
Opinion, The Daily Progress, 9/4/2006
The
Kelo Backlash-What
the Supreme Court touched off with its eminent
domain decision
by Jonathan V.
Last, the Weekly standard, 8/15/2006
Court's Eminent-Domain
Edict Is a Flashpoint on State Ballots
by Christopher Cooper, The Wall Street Journal,
8/9/2006
Eminent domain battle now
on national stage
by Greg Bean, Sentinel Woodbridge, 8/9/2006
Will the Government Take
Your Home?
by Sean Flynn, Parade.com, 8/6/2006
Zoning limits property
rights
by Barbara Elmore, The Garden Island, 8/5/2006
Eminent Domain and Other
Corporate Welfare
by Sheldon Richman, In Brief, Foundation For
Economic Freedom, 8/4/2006
Condemnation for eminent
domain
by Bill Virgin, Seattle Post Intelligencer,
8/1/2006
Ohio Landowners Win
Eminent Domain Case-State's high court rules
that a Cincinnati suburb can't seize property to
help boost its economy
by P.J. Huffstutter, Los Angeles Times,
7/27/2006
House Judiciary Committee
Passes Property Rights Bill
by Realtor Magazine, 7/17/2006
THE
GOAL IS FREEDOM
Kelo One Year Later
by Sheldon Richman, In Brief, Freedom For
Economic Education, 6/30/2006
Susette Kelo: Kelo on
Kelo: I'll keep my illusions
Opinion, The Providence Journal, 6/27/2006
Kelo eminent domain
plaintiffs reach deal with New London
by Brett Murphy, Jurist Legal News & Research,
6/24/2006
Executive Order:
Protecting the Property Rights of the American
People
The White House, Office of the
Press Secretary, 6/23/2006
Post-Kelo Reforms
Aren't Strong Enough-Can
Our System Protect Property Rights if Community
"Needs" Reign Supreme?
by Adrian Moore, Hawaii
Reporter, 6/23/2006
Case of Eminent Domain
Resonates Year After Supreme Decision
by Diane M. Grassi, Hawaii Reporter, 6/15/2006
Playing the Takings Game:
How Government Regulates Away Property Rights
by Timothy Sandefur, Goldwater Institute,
6/13/2006
One Step Closer to
Eviction-The City Council of New London, Conn.,
votes to oust the two plaintiffs holding out in
their homes in a landmark eminent domain case
by Elizabeth Mehren, Los Angeles Times, 6/7/2006
A DEFEAT FOR KELO
by Michelle Malkin, 6/6/2006
Deadline approaches but no
deal expected in Fort Trumbull dispute
AP, Hartford Courant, 5/31/2006
Ten Eminent Domain Abuses
in N.C.-Research highlights the need to protect
North Carolinians’ property
by
Daren Bakst, John Locke Foundation, 5/24/2006
City Officials Destroy
Man’s Business for a Hotel, Now a Parking Lot
Castle Watch, 5/19/2006
Endangered Species,
Eminent Domain Bills Stall in Senate
REALTOR Magazine Online, 5/19/2006
NAR Helps REALTORS® be
Proactive on Eminent Domain
by Mariwyn Evans for REALTOR® Magazine Online,
5/18/2006
Reality Check-The Truth
About Eminent Domain Abuse
Castle Watch, 5/17/2006
Victory! Long Beach Church
Defeats Eminent Domain
Abuse Castle Watch, 5/15/2006
Eminent Domain Bill
Ensures Fair Compensation (Illinois)
REALTOR Magazine Online, 5/12/2006
Cleveland Plans to Flatten
the Flats
Castle Watch, 5/5/2006
If the Tide is Changing in
San Jose, Enact it into Law
Castle Watch, 5/3/2006
Bill moves forward to let
state condemn Kukui Gardens
by Rick Daysog, Honolulu
Advertiser, 4/29/2006
Fla.: Riviera Beach
Considers Eminent Domain Project
Dow Jones International News, REALTOR(c)
Magazine, 4/28/2006
The
Anti-Kelo
-A heavy
government hand isn't necessary for economic
development
by Steven Greenhut, The Wall Street Journal,
4/6/2006
Eminent Domain Hits the
Links -A mayor
wants to seize a private golf club and make it
into an exclusive "public" one
by Edward D. Herlihy, The Wall Street Journal,
3/28/2006
Concern over sale of Kukui
Gardens (Oahu)
by Rick Daysog, Honolulu
Advertiser, 3/10/2006
The
Anti-Kelo Case-Oregon
offers the nation a model for reform
The Opinion Journal, The Wall Street Journal,
2/23/2006
Oregon property rights law
upheld
by Eric Pryne, The Seattle Times, 2/22/2006
States Curbing Right to
Seize Private Homes
by John M. Broder, The New York Times, 2/21/2006
States review eminent
domain
by Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY, 2/19/2006
Ohio community tests
eminent domain
by Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY, 2/19/2006
Kelo
Exposes Deeper Problems With Eminent Domain
by Robert H. Thomas, Pacific Business News,
2/17/2006
Razing
New Jersey-In
which developers in league with city hall have
come up with a curious definition of "blight."
by Jonathan V. Last, The
Weekly Standard, 2/13/2006
House bill would limit
land seizures-Opponents argue the measure
threatens redevelopment plans
by Tara Godvin, AP, Honolulu Star Bulletin,
1/30/2006
Eminent 'doughmain': Cash
greases owners-Residents
who vowed bitter fight opt for sweet taste of
big money
WorldNetDaily, 1/29/2006
BB&T ends loans for
eminent domain
by Paul Nowell, AP, USA Today, 1/25/2006
Whose county is it,
anyway?
by Robert H. Thomas,
Honolulu
Advertiser, 1/22/2006
Eminent domain activists
protest at Souter home
by Elizabeth Schultz, Jurist Legal News & Research,
1/22/2006
Man awarded $1 for 105
acres Port condemned-For years, Seabrook
residents have said building the Bayport
container facility north of town would hurt
property values
by Dana Burke, Houston Communities Newspapers
Online, 1/19/2006
The Adventure of the
Norwood Builder-A new chance to curtail eminent
domain abuse
by Jacob Sullum, Reason Online, 1/18/2006
Local
governments seem to have carte blanche on
eminent domain
by Samuel R. Staley, Ph.D., Reason.org,
1/18/2006
Unholy Land Grab-In
the spirit of
Kelo
by Heather Wilhelm,
National Review Online, 1/17/2006
State compromises with
homeowners over sea turtles
by Nancy Cook Lauer, West Hawaii Today,
1/15/2006
In
Norwood, Ohio takes property that is
"deteriorating"
by David Owsiany, 1/12/2006
Eminent domain has day in
court-Cincinnati suburb’s bid for land is
attracting national scrutiny
by James Nash, The Columbus Dispatch, 1/11/2005
HOME FRONT: EMINENT DOMAIN
IN OHIO
by Michelle Malkin, 1/11/2006
Michigan Will Vote on
Eminent Domain
Realtor Magazine Online, 1/10/2006
Battle over property rights goes on, despite
ruling-A
mediator will decide if homes in New London,
Conn., will be razed to make way for private
development
by Warren Richey,
The Christian Science
Monitor, 1/4/2006
New Orleans Set to Begin
Demolishing Homes
AP, Yahoo! News, 12/24/2005
Home for
Christmas-Susette Kelo's story: from humble
abode to eminent domain by
Melanie Kirkpatrick, Opinion Journal
Online, 12/24/2005
Michigan Legislature Joins
the Private Property Rights Revolt
by Kenneth R. Harney,
Realty Times, 12/19/2005
This
Land Is Not Your Land-Judges
go wild
by Kimberley A. Strassel, Opinion Journal
Online, 12/15/2005
Agreement will benefit
public and beachfront landowners
Opinion, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 12/15/2005
State reaches settlement-Vegetation
no longer determining factor
by Bobby Command,
Hawaii Tribune-Herald, 12/13/2005
Groups drop shoreline
suit-State Land Board officials agree to rework
rules defining where a public shoreline begins
by Tom Finnegan, Honolulu Star Bulletin,
12/13/2005
Expect more beach from
state shoreline pact
by
Jan TenBruggencate,
Honolulu
Advertiser, 12/13/2005
In Their Court: The
Williams School dishes out eminent domain with
Susette Kelo
by Stephen Chupaska,
The Day, 12/9/2005
Court: Property owner's
rights violated in condemnation case
by Len Maniace, The Journal, 12/6/2005
Months After court's
Ruling, Kelo Case Still strikes A Nerve-Conference
Takes Up Lingering Debate Over Eminent Domain
by Ted Mann,
The Day, 12/6/2005
Kelo v. City of New
London Do We
Need Eminent Domain for Economic Growth?
by George C. Leef, The Freeman Ideas on
Liberty, November 2005
The Tyranny of Local
Government
by Paul Messino, The Freeman Ideas on Liberty,
November 2005
Limits on Eminent Domain
May Go Too Far, Experts Warn
by Chris Arnold, npr, 11/25/2005
Eminent Domain is
Necessary to the Overall Function of Government
by U.S. Congressman
Ed Case, Hawaii Reporter, 11/21/2005
After Eminent Domain
Victory, Disputed Project Goes Nowhere
by William Yardley, The New York Times,
11/21/2005
House bill would allow
public land transfer for private use
by Jaime Jansen, Jurist News & Legal Research,
11/20/2005
A Pre-emptive Strike in
Eminent Domain Battle
by Terry Sheridan, Daily Business Review,
Law.com, 11/16/2005
Congressman Ed
Case Votes to Take Private Property-Special
from Hawaii Free Press
by Andrew Walden,
Hawaii Reporter, 11/15/2005
Eminent Domain
Ruling Tramples the Rights of Private Land
Owners-Trimble
High School Essay Contest Winner`
by Brian Piotrowski, Hawaii Reporter, 11/14/2005
Backlash to ruling on
eminent domain
by Diane
Mastrull, Philadelphia Inquirer, 11/14/2005
Like Undermining
Motherhood and Apple Pie-Why
are California Dems in local government
embracing eminent domain abuse?
by Matt Welch, Reason Online, Hawaii Reporter,
11/13/2005
Imminently concerned: A
local view of eminent domain
by Jim Waters, Bluegrass Institute, 11/8/2005
Attorneys To Discuss Kelo
V. New London
The Day, 11/8/2005
Legislators mull eminent
domain
by Katrina Cornwell, Gallatin News Examiner,
11/7/2005
House-Passed Property
Rights Bill Wins Cautious Praise
by Monisha Bansal, CNSNews.com, 11/7/2005
Cartoon by
Dick Adair
Eminent domain opposition
mounts
by Kenneth Harney, Washington Post, San Jose
Mercury News, 11/5/2005
Delegation against
property grabs
AP, IndyStar.com, 11/4/2005
House Moves to Counter
Supreme Court's 'Kelo' Decision
by Jim Abrams, AP, Law.com, 11/4/2005
House Passes Private
Property Protection Act
by Susan Jones, CNSNews.com, 11/4/2005
House OKs Bill To Levy
Penalties In Some Cases Of Eminent Domain-Measure
would prohibit property seizure for economic
development
by Kenton Robinson, The Day, 11/4/2005
House approves eminent
domain measure
by Joshua Pantesco, Jurist Legal News &
Research, 11/3/2005
Kaneohe homes slip-sliding
away-The state wants to tear down homes because
of chronic flooding
by Diana Leone, Honolulu Star Bulletin,
11/3/2005
Connecticut Lawmakers Back
House Eminent Domain Bill
by Andrew Miga
& AP, The Day, 11/3/2005
State may take over ten
homes
by
Eloise Aguiar, Honolulu Advertiser, 11/2/2005
D.C. Seizes 16 Owners'
Property for Stadium-As Negotiations With City
Continue, Tenants Given Three Months to Vacate
Land in Southeast
by David Nakamura, The Washington Post,
10/26/2005
Kelo's Aftershocks,
Oregon's Measure
37 Ruled Unconstitutional, Again & Reno's the
Place to be
Liberty News Service, 10/25/2005
Old Twist on Rebuilding
New Orleans
by Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times, 10/23/2005
New Orleans legal maneuver
could allow government to rebuild private
property
by Jaime Jansen, Jurist Legal News & Research,
10/23/2005
How Eminent Domain Ran
Amok
by Carla T. Main, RealClearPolitics.com,
10/22/2005
Greenmail System Likely to
Survive Hokulia Lot Owners` Suit
by Andrew Walden,
Hawaii Reporter, 10/17/2005
Eminent domain raises
fears
by Alan Guenther, CourierPostOnline, 10/16/2005
Judge razes Measure 37
land law-Property rights The ruling, which will
be appealed, says the voter-approved law
violates Oregon's constitution
by Laura
Oppenheimer, The Oregonian, 10/15/2005
Stricter eminent domain
bill gains rural support-The bill would stop
private property from being taken for private
gain
by Kathryn Buschman, Missourian, 10/14/2005
Theirs for the
Taking-Eminent
Domain and Why You Should Care
by Walt Harvey, Hawaii Reporter, 10/12/2005
Justices to Measure Clean
Water Act's Reach
by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times,
10/12/2005
Supreme Court Takes Up 2
Cases Challenging Powers of U.S. Regulators to
Protect Wetlands
by Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times,
10/12/2005
Court Takes Up Wetlands
Case in Rare Move
by Gina Holland, Associated Press Writer, Yahoo!
News, 10/11/2005
Portlock promises ring
false
by Lee Cataluna, Honolulu Advertiser, 10/11/2005
Deal to preserve pathways
to Portlock Beach questioned
by Suzanne Roig, Honolulu Advertiser, 10/10/2005
The Powers of a Few, the
Anger of the Many
by Judy Coleman, WashingtonPost.com, 10/9/2005
Landowners must yield to
ballpark
by Tim Lemke, The Washington Times, 10/7/2005
Florida town plans to use
eminent domain
UPI, Science Daily, 10/6/2005
Search for property rights
by David Keene, The Hill, 10/4/2005
House Approves Revised
Endangered Species Act
by Elizabeth Shogren,
npr, 9/30/2005
House Passes Bill That
Would Revise Endangered Species Act
AP, The Washington Post, 9/30/2005
It's just one kid's
opinion, but the Kelo ruling stinks!
The Free Lance-Star, 9/27/2005
Senator Seeks to Block Use
of Eminent Domain for Private Gain
by Terry Sheridan, Daily Business Review,
Law.com, 9/27/2005
House property rights bill
seen as top priority
Reuters, 9/23/3005
Property rights bill top
priority in US House committee
by Jeannie Shawl, Jurist Legal News &
Research, 9/23/2005
Senate Petitioned in
Eminent Domain Case
by Jesse J. Holland, AP, The Washington Post,
9/20/2005
Court Stops Tempe’s Abuse
of Eminent Domain
by Tim Keller, Goldwater Institute Today's News,
9/20/2005
Eminent domain up close
by Susette Kelo, The Washington Times, 9/20/2005
Senate Panel Hears
Concerns About Private Property Seizures
by Susan Jones, CNSNews.com, 9/20/2005
NLDC Backs Down, New
London Property Owners Safe For Now But Push for
Legislative Reform Continues
John Kramer or Lisa Knepper, Institute For
Justice, 9/16/2005
When is The Use of Eminent
Domain Appropriate?
by Larry Gigerich,
Inside Indiana Business, 9/15/2005
Thank You, Federalism
by Ben Barr, Goldwater Institute Today's News,
9/14/2005
Judge
rules landowners don't have to sell to Tempe
by Jahna Berry, The Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com, 9/13/2005
New London homeowners slapped with eviction notices-Despite
Connecticut governor's moratorium on eminent domain, city pushes vacate order
by Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily.com, 9/12/2005
Eminent domain law reform gets tabled -- for now
by Michael Gardner, DailyBreeze.com, 9/9/2005
Missouri Condemnation No Longer So Imminent-Supreme
Court Ruling Ignites Political Backlash
by T.R. Reid, Washington Post, 9/6/2005
The Property Rights Test-A landmark case
may soon come before Justice Roberts
by Edwin Meese III, Wall Street Journal, 9/5/2005
Wailua residents threaten lawsuit over county's
coastal-path route
by Lester Chang, The Garden Island, 9/5/2005
Wailua residents challenge path route
by Lester Chang, The Garden Island, 9/4/2005
Americans Say “Hands Off My Home”
by Chip Mellor, Institute for Justice, 8/29/2005
Your Land Is Their Land -- Part 3
by
Debra Saunders, Real Clear Politics,
8/25/2005
US Supreme Court refuses rehearing of controversial
eminent domain ruling by
Bernard Hibbitts, Jurist Legal News & Research, 8/23/2005
Supreme Court Won't Reconsider Property Case
by Gina
Holland, AP, Law.com, 8/23/2005
Forest official praises Gallatin County's open-lands
program by AP, Billings Gazette, 8/22/2005
Montana Stream Law Still Under Attack
by Susan Gallagher, AP, Yahoo! News, 8/22/2005
Eminent domain: Some want Wisconsin lawmakers to step in
by Anita Clark / Lee Newspapers, La Crosse Tribune, 8/21/2005
Lawsuit makes waves over access to shorelines
by Nina Wu, Pacific Business News, 8/19/2005
Hawaiian Residents Debate Public Access
by Tara Godvin, AP, Yahoo! News, 8/19/2005
Beyond Greenmail:
Extortion Becomes Expropriation-Special
from Hawaii Free Press
by Andrew Walden, Hawaii Reporter, 8/18/2005
Souter-home seizer to meet
with residents-Will
travel to New Hampshire to plan condemnation of
justice's property
by Ron Strom, World Net Daily, 8/17/2005
Kelo - Private Property At
The Mercy of Government
by John McClaughry,
Hawaii Reporter, 8/16/2005
Charging Ahead-IJ
Mobilizes After the Supreme Court’s Abandonment
of the Constitution
by Scott Bullock, Liberty & Law, August 2005
Property rights leaders to
meet-STRATEGIES
FOR FIGHTING GOVERNMENT SEIZURE TO BE DISCUSSED
AT SAN JOSE CONFERENCE
by
John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 8/12/2005
Eminent Disaster
by Brett Nelson, Forbes.com, 8/10/2005
Status of 'blighted' areas
challenged disputed
by Pat Beall & Paul Lomartire, Palm Beach Post,
8/5/2005
Alabama Legislation Limits
Eminent Domain
npr, 8/7/2005
Property Rights Protestors
'Auction' Congressman's Office
by Jered Ede, CNSNews.com,
8/6/2005
Taking of developer's land
for open space OK'd-Twist
on Kelo case has mayor hoping to seize more
private property
World Net Daily, 8/5/2005
Eminent domain ruling not
understood
by Donald Lambro, Fairfield, CA Daily Republic, 8/5/2005
Alabama limits eminent
domain
by Donald Lambro, The Washington Times, 8/4/2005
Oakland's "Revitalization"
Plan
by
Debra Saunders, Real Clear Politics, 8/4/2005
Human rights v. property
rights
by Walter E. Williams, Townhall.com, 8/3/2005
States Ride Post-'Kelo' Wave of Legislation -
Eminent domain curbs
introduced in 28 states by
Tresa
Baldas, The National Law Journal, 8/2/2005
Eminent domania comes to
the movies-Filmmaker adds controversial
high-court issue to plot
WorldNetDaily.com, 8/2/2005
Core Concepts-Titled Real
Estate
by Richard M Ebeling, A World Connected,
8/1/2005
Court foes target Breyer's
property - Tactic mirrors bid to take
Souter's home by David Corriveau, Valley News,
Concord Monitor, 7/30/2005
Ruling Sets Off Tug of War
Over Private Property
by Timothy Egan, The New York
Times, 7/30/2005
Libertarians Urge Seizure
of Justice Breyer's Property to Protest High
Court Ruling AP, Law.com, 7/29/2005
Eminent domania-Another
Supreme home scoped for confiscation
by Joe Kovacs, WorldNetDaily.com, 7/29/2005
Libertarians Propose
Taking Breyer's Land by Anne Saunders, AP, Yahoo!
News, 7/29/2005
Small business ready to
react to land grabs
Opinion, Charlotte Business Journal, 7/29/2005
Voters support limits on
property seizing, money
Newsday, 7/28/2005
This Land Is Not Your Land
by
Debra Saunders, Real Clear Politics,
7/28/2005
State rules diminish
public’s shoreline holdings
Editorial, Honolulu Star Bulletin, 7/27/2005
Eminent Domain Ruling Has
Strong Repercussions
by Kenneth R. Harney, Washington Post, 7/23/2005
Eminent domain ruling has
local executives discussing property rights by Ken Salgat, Tampa Bay Business
Journal, 7/22/2005
Souter-home campaign
targets pols-Justice's town leaders oppose
effort to seize property
WorldNetDaily.com, 7/22/2005
States Move to Blunt Effect of Supreme Court
Eminent Domain Ruling
by Maura
Kelly Lannan, AP, 7/20/2005
Eminently dumb eminent domain
by Steven Malanga, Los
Angeles Times, 7/20/2005
Property Needs Safety from
Seizure
by Harold
Johnson & Timothy Sandefur, Pacific Legal
Foundation, Los Angeles Daily News, 7/19/2005
This Year’s Eminent Issue
by William Tucker, The American
Enterprise Online, 7/19/2005
FreedomWorks Initiates Campaign to "Protect Your
Property"
FreedomWorks,
7/19/2005
Property Rights
Under Attack-The
Kelo Supreme Court decision is the latest attack
on American liberty
by
Dick Army, FreedomWorks, 7/19/2005
Little Italy laundry threatened with eminent
domain
by
Martin Stolz,
San Diego
Union-Tribune, 7/19/2005
High court asked to rehear
Kelo case-Petition argues that abuses dismissed
by majority already occurring
WorldNetDaily.com, 7/19/2005
Home, seized home by Donald
Lambro, The Washington Times, 7/18/2005
Latest property snatch:
Missouri-Local business owners blast City Hall
for eminent-domain moves
WorldNetDaily.com, 7/14/2005
Amendment would protect
Californians' homes-State senator proposes
measure to prevent Kelo-type property seizure
WorldNetDaily.com, 7/14/2005
Property Rights Are
Civil Rights - Opposition to the Kelo
decision crosses racial and party lines by John Fund, The Wall
Street Journal online, 7/11/2005
Property ruling sparks action by states,
Congress by Donald Lambro,
The Washington Times, 7/11/2005
Eminent Domain Ruling Spurs Washington to Act by Joi
Preciphs, The
Wall Street Journal online, 7/11/2005
Movement builds to seize
Souter home-If New Hampshire selectmen don't
bite, ballot initiatives planned
WorldNetDaily.com, 7/11/2005
Eminent Domain: Threat to Conservation?
by OUT OF CONTROL, 7/8/2005
Public center or profit center?
by Timothy Roberts, Silicon
Valley/San Jose Business Journal, 7/8/2005
Raleigh, TTA lead Triangle with eminent domain
cases by Colin Sutker,
Triangle Business Journal (Raleigh/Durham),
7/8/2005
Beware the Government Bulldozer
by OUT OF CONTROL, 7/7/2005
Private Property Rights Are Defended
by Lauren Phillips,
RISMedia, 7/6/2005
Your Land Is My Land by John Tierney, New York Times,
7/5/2005
Is Your Home Next?
by Nicole
P. Schiereck, Pacific Legal Foundation, 7/5/2005
Land, home ownership, is worth protecting and
fighting for
by Robert
Thomas, Commentary, Honolulu Advertiser 7/3/2005
City forces out 2 downtown businesses-Action
follows high court ruling on eminent domain by Jim Herron Zamora, San
Francisco Chronicle, 7/2/2005
What's 'Just' in Cases Of Eminent Domain
by Terri Cullen, The Wall Street Journal,
7/1/2005
Property Rights Advocates Brace for Another Betrayal by Ryan Balis,
The National Center for Public Policy Research, 7/1/2005
Property Rights Latest Casualty of Activist Judges
by Gary Palmer, 7/1/2005
“Liberal” Court Okays Eminent
Domain Abuse
by
George C. Leef,
The Future of Freedom Foundation, 7/1/2005
New London residents to
rally-Protest marks 1st City Council meeting since
high-court decision
WorldNetDaily.com, 6/30/2005
Souter suitor wants real hotel
company-New Hampshire town inundated with support to
take justice's home
WorldNetDaily.com, 6/29/2005
Floodgates Open:Tax-Hungry Governments & Land-Hungry
Developers Rejoice in Green Light from U.S. Supreme
Court
WEB RELEASE,
Institute For Justice, 6/29/2005
Kelo decision bad for minorities?-Group
says eminent-domain case could lead to urban housing
shortage
WorldNetDaily.com, 6/28/2005
O Madison, Where Art Thou?
by
J. David Breemer,
The American Spectator, 6/29/2005
Supreme Court justice faces boot
from home?-Developer
wants 'Lost Liberty Hotel' built upon property of David
Souter by
Ron Strom, WorldNetDaily.com, 6/28/2005
Justices Put ‘For Sale’ Sign on Your House
by Timothy Sandefur, Pacific Legal
Foundation, 6/27/2005
The Offer You Can’t Refuse by Robert
Thomas, Pacific Legal Foundation, 6/27/2005
Property battle heads to
states-New efforts to protect private homes, businesses
WorldNetDaily.com, 6/27/2005
Your Right to Own and Reasonably Use Your Property Is
under Attack
by Russ
Brooks & Leslie Lewallen,
Pacific Legal
Foundation, 6/26/2005
The Public Owns Your Home
by
Bob Bauman, Hawaii Reporter, 6/24/2005
High court's property decision
stirs anger-Seen
as 'slap in the face' to American homeowners
WorldNetDaily.com, 6/24/2005
Homeowners Lose Eminent Domain Case-Institute for
Justice Warns: Supreme Court Leaves Homeowners
Vulnerable To Tax-Hungry Bureaucrats & Land-Hungry
Developers by John Kramer, Institute
for Justice, 6/23/2005
Court rules cities can seize
homes-Supremes
decide private project trumps rights of property owners
WorldNetDaily.com, 6/23/2005
Government Abuses Eminent Domain Authority by Timothy Sandefur, Pacific Legal
Foundation, 2/16/2005
The Heavy Hand of Redevelopment
by
M. David Stirling,
Pacific Legal Foundation, 12/2/2004
This Land Is Not Your Land: Michigan’s Failed Experiment
with Eminent Domain Comes to an End
by Timothy Sandefur, Pacific Legal Foundation, 8/23/2004
Condemning Condemnation:
Alternatives to Eminent Domain
by Mark Brnovich,
Goldwater Institute, 6/14/2004
Fires Provide Excuse for Land Grab
by Emma
T. Suarez,
Pacific Legal Foundation, 5/6/2004
Anti-seawall Arguments Are Soggy
by J.
David Breemer,
Pacific Legal Foundation, 2/12/2004
Development Mitigation Fees: A Tool for Extorting Money
from Property Owners? by
Meriem L. Hubbard,
Pacific Legal Foundation, 6/30/2003
Want to Protect the Earth? Then Protect Private
Property!
by J.
David Breemer,
Pacific Legal Foundation, 4/23/2003
Outrigger plan targets
properties The city could
force the owners of 5 Waikiki parcels to sell
by Gordon Y.K. Pang, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 11/2/2001
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