by Nancie Marzulla | Jul 11, 2018
On July 9, 2018, President Trump nominated D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. His twelve-year record on the D.C. Circuit gives us some insight into what we can expect if he is confirmed. His analysis and review of...
by Nancie Marzulla | Jul 11, 2018
If Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed by the Senate, he will hear arguments on October 3, 2018, in a key property rights case now pending before the Court, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Knick v. Township of Scott, No. 17-647, which involves the...
by Nancie Marzulla | Jun 11, 2018
Five landowners owning 14 parcels of land brought a takings case in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims alleging that the United States had caused a temporary taking of their property when the Surface Transportation Board, acting under the National Trails System Act,...
by Nancie Marzulla | May 24, 2018
On March 19, 2018, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims gave the attorneys for prevailing plaintiffs in a rails-to-trails Fifth Amendment takings case a severe haircut on their attorneys’ fee petition. (See earlier blog entitled Judicial Hair Cut). At issue before the...
by Nancie Marzulla | May 21, 2018
On December 4, 2012, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a revised final rule designating approximately 57 acres of land in Otay Mesa in San Diego County, as critical habitat for the Riverside fair shrimp. Scientifically known as Streptocephaluswoottoni),...
by Nancie Marzulla | May 21, 2018
On January 22, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s designation of 1,500 acres of private forestry land in Louisiana as critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog, an endangered species. Weyhauser v. U.S....
