January 2023

The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down

By |2023-01-31T19:39:42+00:00January 31st, 2023|Acquisitions, Eminent Domain, Financial, Governments, Podcast|

[For a more involved examination of this book check out the discussion with the author on the Infrastructure Junkies podcast.] One of the things that makes this nation such a wonderful place to live is our fabulous infrastructure system.  We have reliable electricity, running water, sewage, cable TV, safe and reliable airlines, rails and roads [...]

October 2022

Hunting Dogs Remain Free to Roam

By |2022-10-28T21:54:46+00:00October 28th, 2022|Access, Inverse Condemnation, Virginia Law|

In a previous blog post, we explained that landowners in Virginia were threatening to challenge a state statute that they say permits landowners to enter private property to retrieve hunting dogs as a taking of their property under the rationale announced in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, 141 S. Ct. 844 (2020).  We also warned [...]

March 2022

Update on Virginia Eminent Domain Legislation

By |2022-03-21T12:57:50+00:00March 21st, 2022|Access, Eminent Domain, Governments, Inverse Condemnation, Virginia Law|

The Virginia General Assembly has now adjourned its regular session, and both bills that were previously described on this blog have survived, though in modified form.  The changes to Senate Bill 666, previously discussed here, and Senate Bill 694, previously discussed here, will be discussed in more detail below. Senate Bill 666 The primary modification [...]

December 2021

Affordable Housing as the Next Battleground for Eminent Domain Takings

By |2021-12-09T02:53:26+00:00December 8th, 2021|Affordable Housing, Eminent Domain|

It comes as no surprise given the current state of the affordable housing market across America, that some government entities are looking for solutions using every tool available to them, whether previously used or never tried before. Attention grabbing headlines out of Los Angeles and New York have some eminent domain lawyers wondering if [...]

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