Cases

Adult Use Studies: Abilene Retail #30, Inc., v. Board of Comm'rs, 492 F.3d 1164 (9th Cir.)

Airport Noise as Taking: Biddle v. BAA Indianapolis, LLC, 860 N.E.2d 570 (Ind. 2007)

Consistency with the Plan: Friends of Lagoon Valley v. City of Vacaville, 2007 Cal. App. LEXIS 1424 (2007)

Due Process and Entitlement: Cine SK8, Inc. v. Town of Henrietta, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 25970 (2d Cir. 2007)

Due Process and Takings: Crown Point Development, Inc. v. City of Sun Valley, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 25511 (9th Cir. 2007)

Historic Preservation

• Held Invalid at Trial: MacPherson v. Dept. of Administrative Services, Marion County Circ. Ct. Case No. 00C15769(PDF)
  • Commentary by Edward J. Sullivan
• Trial Court Reversed by Oregon Supreme Court: MacPherson v. Dept. of Administrative Services, CC No. 05C10444; SC S52875

Moratoria:

• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 122 S.Ct. 1465 (2002) (.HTML | .DOC)
• Wild Rice River Estates v. City of Fargo, 705 N.W.2d 850 (N.D. 2005)
• Biggers v. City of Bainbridge Island, 169 P.3d 14 (Wash. 2007)

• Commentary by Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute
• Commentary by Edward J. Sullivan
• Commentary by Peter Salsich
• Commentary by Mike Berger
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Brief for Petitioner
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Reply Brief for Petitioner
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Brief for Respondent
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Amicus Brief (United States for Respondent)
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Oral Argument

New Jersey Growth Share Rule: In the matter of the Adoption of N.J.A.C. 5:94 and 5:95, 2007 N.J. Super. LEXIS 20 (January 25, 2007)

Public Use: Kelo et al. v. City of New London et al. , 2005 WL 1469529, 2005 U.S. LEXIS 5011

• Connecut Supreme Court Opinion at 843 A.2d 500 (2004) (cert. granted)

• Briefs can be found at www.ij.org

Religious Use

• Lighthouse Institute for Evangelism, Inc. v. City of Long Branch, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 27390 (3d Cir. 2007)

Ripeness: San Remo Hotel, L.P. v. City & County of San Francisco, 125 S. Ct. 2491 (2005)

RLUIPA:

• Westchester Day School v. Village of Mamaroneck, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 24267 (2nd Cir. 2007)
• Greater Bible Way Temple v. City of Jackson, 733 N.W.2d 734 (Mich. 2007)

Sign Regulation:

• Covenant Media, LLC v. North Charleston, 493 F.3d 421 (4th Cir. 2007)
• Naser Jewelers, Inc. v. City of Concord, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 1052 (1st Cir. 2008)

Subdivision Control: Pansy Road, LLC v. Town Plan and Zoning Comm'n of Fairfield, 926 A.2d 1029 (Conn. 2007)

Takings: Lingle v. Chevron USA, Inc., 2005 U.S. LEXIS 4342 (HTML|DOC|PDF)

• On Cert. from Lingle v. Chevron USA, Inc., 363 F.3d 846 (9th Cir. 2004)
• Commentary by: Edward J. Sullivan

Takings: Summaries of Recent Cases

Whole Parcel Rule: State ex rel. Shelly Materials, Inc. v. Clark County Bd. of Comm'rs. 875 N.E.2d 59 (Ohio 2007)

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