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Property

Land use and takings

8 case briefs on land use and takings in Property, each with the citation in the book’s form. All Property briefs

  • Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City

    Penn Cent. Transp. Co. v. New York City, 438 U.S. 104 (1978).

    Do the restrictions that New York City's Landmarks Preservation Law places on the development of Grand Central Terminal take the owners' property for public use without just compensation, in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp.

    Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp., 458 U.S. 419 (1982).

    Does a minor but permanent physical occupation of an owner's real property authorized by government constitute a taking of property for which just compensation is due under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff

    Haw. Hous. Auth. v. Midkiff, 467 U.S. 229 (1984).

    Did the District Court abuse its discretion by not abstaining from deciding the case under the Pullman or Younger abstention doctrines?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Nollan v. California Coastal Commission

    Nollan v. Cal. Coastal Comm’n, 483 U.S. 825 (1987).

    Does conditioning a development permit on the property owners granting a permanent public easement across their beachfront lot constitute a taking under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments if the permit condition does not serve the same governmental purpose as a ban on the development?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council

    Lucas v. S.C. Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003 (1992).

    Does a land-use regulation that deprives land of all economically beneficial or productive use effect a taking that requires just compensation?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Dolan v. City of Tigard

    Dolan v. City of Tigard, 512 U.S. 374 (1994).

    When a city conditions a building permit on the owner's dedication of land for public use, what degree of connection must exist between the dedication and the projected impact of the proposed development?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Village of Belle Terre v. Boraas

    Vill. of Belle Terre v. Boraas, 416 U.S. 1 (1974).

    Is the case still a live controversy, even though the student tenants have left the house and the owners have a continuing interest in the value of their rental property?

    Supreme Court of the United States

  • Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

    Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Reg’l Planning Agency, 535 U.S. 302 (2002).

    Does a moratorium on development imposed while an agency devises a comprehensive land-use plan amount to a per se taking that requires compensation under the Takings Clause?

    Supreme Court of the United States