by Nancie Marzulla | Nov 24, 2023
The Supreme Court of the United States will hear two takings cases this term: Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, California, No. 22-1074, a takings case involving a California county’s “Traffic Relief” road improvement program financed, under county-enacted legislation,...
by Nancie Marzulla | Jun 28, 2023
2023 has been a good year for property rights. In May, the Supreme Court held that a Minnesota statute that allowed a local government, Hennepin County, to retain the surplus proceeds from a tax sale violated the Just Compensation Clause. The petitioner, 94-year-old...
by Nancie Marzulla | May 30, 2023
The Supreme Court has just issued two major decisions in cases signaling this Court’s strong backing of property rights: Tyler v. Hennenpin County, Minnesota, No. 22-166, and Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 21-454. Nancie Marzulla worked with the...
by Nancie Marzulla | Apr 24, 2023
On April 17, 2023, I was pleased to participate in a Federalist Society webinar on Tyler v. Hennepin County, a case involving what has been dubbed “home equity theft.” The case will be argued before the Supreme Court on April 26, 2023. The argument promises to...
by Nancie Marzulla | Mar 20, 2023
In a case scheduled for oral argument for April 26, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a ruling allowing the state to confiscate surplus equity obtained through a forced tax sale of privately owned property. Marzulla Law’s Nancie Marzulla worked with...
by Nancie Marzulla | Oct 7, 2021
Venoco, LLC operated a drilling rig off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. Following a pipeline rupture in 2015, Venoco could not get its oil and gas to the market, and ultimately was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2017. At first, the California...