Takings : Constitutional Rights

Takings

Civil Rights: Rezoning Does Not Give Rise to Constitutional Claims
Mark A. Goldsmith of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

Plaintiffs were residents of a neighborhood in which the Detroit City Council approved the construction of a Super .
Supreme Court Reverses "Taking" Award in Wetland Case
William A. Wichers of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

Of all the issues associated with the regulation by government of private property and the use of private property,.
California Supreme Court Recognizes a Partial Taking
Law Office of Brigit S. Barnes

The California Supreme Court offers landowners some good news and some bad news in its latest decision on "regulatory takings." In Kavanau v. Santa Monica Rent Control Board, 16 Cal.4th 761 (1997), the court recognized that a property owner alleging that a government agency has taken his or her property without just compensation need not be deprived of all economically viable use of the property in order to demonstrate that a taking has occurred.
When to Raise the Roof
Ronald E. Van Buskirk of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

In 1972 Bernadine Suitum and her late husband purchased a lot in the Mill Creek Estates Subdivision of Incline Vil.
Condemnation
Sinnitt & Sinnitt, Inc. PS

"Condemnation" or "Eminent Domain" refers to the taking of private property for a public purpose by a governmental .