Inverse Condemnation Law
 
Anthony S. Pitch v. United States of America




In 1946, a crowd of people in Walton County, Georgia gathered as two
African American couples were dragged from a car and shot multiple times.1
Many consider this event, known as the Moore’s Ford Lync... More...
   $0 (02-12-2019 - GA)

Scott L. Heagney v. Lisa A. Wong; City of Fitchburg





This case concerns a suit that
Scott Heagney, a past applicant for the position of the police
chief of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, brought against the City of
Fitchburg ("Fitchburg") and its mayor after the mayor decided not<... More...
   $0 (02-11-2019 - MA)

State of Tennessee v. Barbara Mae Potter





This case involves the murders of two victims, Billy Clay Payne (“Victim Payne”) and Billie Jean Hayworth (“Victim Hayworth”), whose bodies were found inside their Mountain City home that they sh... More...
   $0 (02-08-2019 - TN)

Meierhenry Sargent, LLP v. Bradley Williams; Kerry Williams





This appeal presents a pair of issues arising out of a fee dispute between a law firm, Meierhenry Sargent LLP, and two dissatisfied clients, Bradley and Kerry Williams. After removing the firm’s lawsuit seeking to recover its unpaid fees to federal court, the Williamses stayed the action to allow... More...
   $0 (02-07-2019 - SD)

Ex parte Marina Urbina



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County of Hennepin vs. Sandip C. Bhakta, et al.




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In May 2012, the County filed a condemnation petition with the district court to
acquire the Bhaktas’ B... More...
   $0 (01-25-2019 - MN)

STATE OF OHIO v. TYREE L. CARPENTER





This case stems from a series of drug-related events, including the
overdose of Meredith Breech (“Breech”) and overdose death of Steffen Yarris
(“Yarris”), that took place between August 2015 and April 2016 in Fostoria, Ohio. ... More...
   $0 (01-19-2019 - OH)

Loren Prout v. Department of Transportation

Loren Prout filed an inverse condemnation action, alleging Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) violated the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution
in 2010 by physically occupying without compensation a long, narrow strip of Prout’s
land fronting State Highway 12, to make highway improvements. The land taken was a
1.31-acre strip, 20 feet wide and about 6,095 feet lon... More...
   $0 (01-13-2019 - CA)

Marcia W. Davilla v. Enable Midstream Partners, L.P.





Enable Intrastate Transmission, LLC owns and operates a natural gas
pipeline that crosses Indian allotted land in Anadarko, Oklahoma. A twenty-year
easement for the pipeline expired in 2000. Enable failed to renew the easement
but also failed to remove t... More...
   $0 (01-10-2019 - OK)

Lynn Lumbard v. City of Ann Arbor





In 2000, the City of Ann Arbor passed an ordinance requiring certain homeowners to undergo structural renovations to their homes to alleviate storm water drainage problems affecting the city and surro... More...
   $0 (01-10-2019 - MI)

Michele L. Brandt, as Trustee of the Michele L. Brandt Revocable Trust Agreement v. City of Fargo And Karen C. Wieland v.City of Fargo





On December 5, 2016, the Fargo City Commission passed a resolution of necessity for property owned by Brandt re... More...
   $0 (01-04-2019 - ND)

Enable Oklahoma Intrastate Transmillion, LLC v. 25 Foot Wide Easement, et al.





Plaintiff Enable Oklahoma Intrastate Transmission, LLC, appeals the district
court’s dismissal of its case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for failure to
join an indispensable party. Enable also challenges the amount of attorney fees the
... More...
   $0 (11-20-2018 - OK)

Michael Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin

This copyright case involves a claim that Led Zeppelin copied key portions of its timeless hit “Stairway to Heaven” from the song “Taurus,” which was written by Spirit band member Randy Wolfe. Years after Wolfe’s death, the trustee of the Randy Craig Wolfe Trust, Michael Skidmore, brought this suit for copyright infringement against Led Zeppelin, James Patrick Page, Robert Anthony Plant, John Paul... More...   $0 (10-09-2018 - CA)

Richard L. Fowler v. Caliber Homes Loans, Inc.





When an individual takes out a mortgage, he or she secures the loan with real property. To protect its security interest, lenders usually require borrowers to maintain hazard insurance in an amount that is at least equal to the loan’s unpaid principal balance. Should a ... More...
   $0 (10-02-2018 - FL)

CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE A municipal corporation v. SMP PROPERTIES, LLC. and R. MICHAEL PACK







{2} We refer to the property in question as the Hawkins Property, which is 1

owned by SMP Properties, LLC (SMP) and Michael Pack, the owner and manager 2

of SMP (collectively, Defendants). The undisputed facts are as fol... More...
   $0 (10-01-2018 - NM)

City of Tulsa v. TMF II Yale, LLC, et al.

Tulsa, OK - City of Tulsa sued TMF II Yale, LLC, et al. on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interests in real property owned by the Defendants for public purposes.






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   $327500 (10-01-2018 - OK)

Michael Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin





This copyright case involves a claim that Led Zeppelin copied key portions of its timeless hit “Stairway to Heaven” from the song “Taurus,” which was written by Spirit band member Randy Wolfe. Years after Wolfe’s death, th... More...
   $0 (09-30-2018 - CA)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ERIC PINEDA-MATEO




Before moving forward, a brief survey of the spousal testimonial privilege and the rationales that have traditionally undergirded it is in order. A. The spousal testimonial privilege is an evidentiary privilege that protects a defendant's spouse from having to take the witness ... More...
   $0 (09-23-2018 - NH)

Sara Hart v. Clear Recon Corp.

Following summary judgment against plaintiffs Sara and
Guy Hart in this wrongful foreclosure action, defendant
Nationstar Mortgage LLC obtained its attorney’s fees as
prevailing party, based on a clause in the deed of trust. On
appeal from the fee award, the Harts contend the clause in
question is not an attorney’s fees provision. We agree and
reverse.
FACTUAL AND PROCE... More...
   $0 (09-22-2018 - CA)

Francis A. Bottini, Jr. v. City of San Diego

Office of the City Attorney, Mara W. Elliott, City Attorney, and Carmen A.
Brock, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendants and Appellants.
Francis A. Bottini, Jr., Nina M. Bottini, and the Bernate Ticino Trust dated March
9, 2009, Trust 3 (the Bottinis) applied to the City of San Diego for a coastal development
permit (CDP) to construct a single-family home on a vacant lot in La Jolla.... More...
   $0 (09-21-2018 - CA)

Melody Chacker v. JPMorgan Chase Bank. N.A.

Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 8.1105(b) and
8.1110, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception
of Parts II.A–II.B and Part II.D.

Plaintiff and appellant Melody Chacker (plaintiff)
refinanced a loan on her home and then failed to make required
loan payments, which triggered non-judicial foreclosure
proceedings. Plaintiff sued to stop the... More...
   $0 (09-19-2018 - CA)

KENNETH MANLEY v. KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

At around 11 p.m. on June 21, 2016, Marysville Police Officer James Leis saw a truck driving with a burnt-out driver's side headlamp. Leis turned his patrol vehicle around and followed the truck for a short time but did not observe any erratic driving or other traffic violations. After Leis initiated his emergency lights, the truck pulled over without incident. Leis approached the driver's side of... More...   $0 (09-10-2018 - KS)

Suzanne J. Black v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes

The appellants (landowners) own eight lots in an area of
Rancho Palos Verdes that is the subject of a 1978 building
moratorium based on the resurgence of an ancient landslide.1 In
the trial court, the landowners sought relief from the building
moratorium and damages for inverse condemnation primarily on
the basis of our opinion in Monks v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes
(2008)... More...
   $0 (09-10-2018 - CA)

Darrel O. Mason v. Adams County Recorder, et al. Southern District of Ohio Courthouse - Cincinnati, Ohio

This is a civil-rights case, brought under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3604(c); 42 U.S.C. § 1983; and 42 U.S.C. § 1985, challenging the maintenance of records that contain racially restrictive covenants such as deeds, plat maps, and other real-estate documents maintained by county recorders throughout the state of Ohio.
Plaintiff-Appellant, Darryl Mason, seeks injunctive relief to compel... More...
   $0 (09-06-2018 - OH)

THOMAS TUBBS, et al. v. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, INC

The Tubbses own and operate a farm in a floodplain near the Missouri River in Holt
County, Missouri. The farm is located just southeast of Big Lake and about three-and-a-half
miles east of the Missouri River. BNSF, an interstate freight railroad, owns and operates a track
that runs east to west across the floodplain and bisects the Tubbses’ farm. The track sits atop an
earth... More...
   $0 (09-05-2018 - MO)

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