We are called upon to decide whether the City of Honolulu violated the Contracts Clause of the United States Constitution when it repudiated several agreements to convey property to private citizens in connection with its leasehold conversion program.

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In 1991, the City and County of Honolulu (the “City”) enacted an ordinance, later codified at Chapter 38 of the Revised

Developers owning property in the County of Santa Fe, New Mexico, (“County”) brought a lawsuit challenging as unconstitutional under the Takings Clause an ordinance requiring the provision of affordable housing in new subdivisions. The district court dismissed the complaint on ripeness grounds and the developers appealed. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court AFFIRM

¶1 This case comes to this court upon a question of law applicable to the facts found and determined by the court below.

¶2 It is contended by the plaintiff in error that the injury complained of does not constitute a legal injury under the law. The Statutes of this Territory contain no provision which assists in the analysis of the proposition here submitted. Sections 4052 to 4062, gener

The State of Oklahoma ex rel Department of Transportation sued Cedars Group, L.L.C. and others on an eminent domain theory seeking the condemnation of certain rights, title and interests owned by Defendant. Commissioners appointed by the Court awarded Defendant $285,000.00.

In these consolidated interlocutory appeals, the City of North Richland Hills (the City) challenges the trial courts’ respective denials of the City’s partial pleas to the jurisdiction in the lawsuits filed against it by Appellees Hometown Urban Partners, Ltd. (Urban Partners), Arcadia Land Partners 25, Ltd., and Arcadia Holdings (collectively, Arcadia).[1] The City contends that governmental

M&N Minerals sued the Town of Gurley on an inverse condemnation theory and Mayor Stan Simpson on a tortious interference theory over a dispute over plans for the development of a rock quarry outside Gurley. Plaintiff claimed that Defendants' efforts to block Plaintiff's efforts to open and develop a rock quarry constituted a taking of its property without just compensation and interfered with a bu

Respondent brought this inverse condemnation action against South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT). The master in equity granted summary judgment in favor of respondent. SCDOT appeals. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Respondent owned a tract of land located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Killian Road (running east to west) and Farrow Road (running north t

In this eminent domain case, Andrew A. Lang, Jr. (Lang) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that sustained the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) preliminary objections to Lang’s petition for the appointment of a board of viewers (petition for viewers) alleging a de facto taking occurred prior to DOT’s filing of a declaration of taking.
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Charlotte and Don Halvorson (the Halvorsons) brought this case against the North Latah County Highway District, the Board of Commissioners for the North Latah County Highway District, Commissioners Orland Arneberg, Richard Hansen, and Sherman Clyde in their individual capacities, and District Foreman Dan Payne in his official capacity and his individual capacity (collectively the Highway District)

This case arises out of a construction project to improve the intersection of Maple Grove Road and Ustick Road. Thomas Curtis, D.D.S., (Dr. Curtis) and his wife owned interests in three parcels of real property located in Block 1 in the Fairbanks Subdivision, which is the northeast quadrant of the intersection. They owned Lot 19, on which was constructed a dental office. In addition, they owned an

Quo warranto against the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District and its trustees on the ground that it is operating under an invalid and unconstitutional plan. There is no dispute about the facts. The issue to be decided is whether the plan under which the District is organized and operating attempts to confer [365 Mo. 6] powers in excess of the constitutional authority under which the District was

This appeal involves a dispute between the University of Oregon (the University) and plaintiff, who is a former faculty member of the University, over certain personal property. Following his resignation, plaintiff asserted claims against the University for conversion, inverse condemnation, and breach of contract. The trial court dismissed the conversion claim and granted summary judgment to the U

¶1 This is one of six eminent domain appeals in which Plaintiff, Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E), seeks to condemn easements for construction of electrical transmission lines to wind farms in northwestern Oklahoma. The appeals were made companion cases by the Supreme Court, and we simultaneously issue a decision in each appeal. In the present case, Defendants, Gerald A. Beecher and Lucy

In February 2003, the law firm of Wilson & Wilson (Wilson) brought an action against the City Council of Redwood City (City Council), the City of Redwood City (Redwood City), and the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency (Redevelopment Agency) (hereafter collectively the City) to challenge the approval and construction of a retail-cinema redevelopment project in Redwood City‟s downtown. Wilson asked

Nine years after the City of Stockton (City) initiated eminent domain proceedings to acquire real property owned by Andrew C. Cobb, as trustee of the Andrew C. Cobb 1992 Revocable Trust (the Trust), and after the City constructed a public roadway across the condemned property, the trial court dismissed the action for lack of prosecution (Code Civ. Proc., § 583.360). Plaintiff, Michael A. Cobb, as

The Transcontinental Pipeline transports and distributes natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico to the northeastern United States. In April 2002, the City of Monroe, North Carolina, decided to supply the citizens of Monroe and the surrounding area with natural gas by a direct connection between its natural gas distribution system and the Transcontinental Pipeline. To directly connect to the Transcont

This appeal arises from a condemnation proceeding initiated by appellee, Harris County Municipal Utility District Number 358 (“MUD 358”), to acquire property belonging to appellant, Jon A. Marshall, for the construction of an offsite drainage channel. Marshall filed a motion to dismiss the condemnation proceeding contesting the authority of MUD 358 to condemn the property and objected to the

Susan Wintermute, a former director of the Sinclair National Bank (SNB), appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of The Kansas Bankers Surety Co. (KBS) in this insurance policy dispute concerning whether a directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance policy obligated KBS to defend Wintermute in a criminal action brought against her as a director of SNB. Wintermute also

Before 1963, there was no Padre Island National Park off the coast of the State of Texas. It took a lot of maneuvering between the State of Texas and the United States to create the national park out of these coastal island lands, much belonging to the State of Texas, some belonging to private parties. The Texas Consent Statute, the deeds of conveyance, the federal Enabling Act of 1962, and the Oi

¶1 Three public service corporations, Williams Natural Gas Company, Williams Pipe Line Company, and Williams Telecom Group (Williams Companies) ask this Court to assume original jurisdiction. They request a writ prohibiting the State Board of Equalization (Board) from assessing their public service property at a greater ratio than that applied to public service property owned by railroads and air

¶1 The dispositive issue on certiorari is whether the terms of §155(14)2 of the Governmental Tort Claims Act [GTCA] - which exclude from state tort liability claims for death (or bodily injury) from an on-the-job injury covered by workers' compensation but extend government's tort accountability to claims by persons with access to collateral sources of indemnity other than workers' compensation

The plaintiffs in these consolidated cases appeal trial court judgments holding that their claims against the defendants, the Bossier Parish Police Jury, the Office of Bossier Parish Engineer, and Joseph “Butch” Ford, Jr., in his capacity as Bossier Parish Engineer, have prescribed. For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court judgments and remand to the trial court for further procee

Appellant, Lilia Mendoza, appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees, Victor M. Ramirez, et al, otherwise known as the Ramirez Mineral Trust (“RMT”), with respect to the title to the B-2 tract. On appeal, Ms. Mendoza argues the trial court erred because res judicata elements were not satisfied for a grant of summary judgment based on a prior federal condemnati

This is a land condemnation case. Trend Gathering and Treating, LP condemned a 50-foot permanent pipeline easement and a 20-foot temporary workspace easement across property owned by Laura Moore, in her capacity as trustee of the Laura W. Moore Living Trust. The jury assessed the value of the easement taken at $25, 528 and the damage to the remainder at $222,642. The trial court entered judgmen

BMTP Holdings, L.P. appeals the granting of the City of Lorena’s traditional motions for summary judgment, the denial of BMTP’s traditional motion for summary judgment, and the award of attorney’s fees to the City of Lorena. BMTP sued the City of Lorena seeking a declaratory judgment that a moratorium and its progeny imposed by the City relating to permits for sewer connections did not ap