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  1. December 19, 2019

    The Biggest Environmental Decisions Of 2019

    The U.S. Supreme Court opened the door to new takings claims and an appeals court found the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was too lax in its implementation of a chemical safety law. Here, Law360 delves into these and more of the biggest environmental law decisions of 2019.

  2. June 24, 2019

    High Court Puts Local Limits On Energy Development At Risk

    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent takings ruling could flood federal courts with challenges to state and local restrictions on energy development and discourage state and local governments from enacting limits on things like oil and gas drilling or large-scale renewable energy projects.

  3. June 21, 2019

    Knick Ruling Levels The Field, May Signal Court's Agenda

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Friday to overturn a 1985 ruling that forced landowners to go to state court first with wrongful taking claims but allowed governments to choose state or federal court signals that the justices may take up additional property rights questions, experts say.

  4. June 21, 2019

    High Court Finds Landowner Has A Path To Federal Court

    A Pennsylvania property owner can take her claim that the government unconstitutionally took value from her land directly to federal court without first seeking compensation at the state level, the U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday.

  5. January 16, 2019

    High Court, With Kavanaugh, Rehears Pa. Takings Dispute

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday reheard oral arguments in a case concerning whether a Pennsylvania property owner can use the federal courts to pursue a claim that the local government unconstitutionally took value from her land, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh participating in the case for the first time.

  6. January 11, 2019

    Up Next At High Court: Booze, Property And Class Actions

    As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's health and a pair of high-profile Trump administration appeals continue to grab attention, the U.S. Supreme Court will forge ahead Monday with a packed week of oral arguments in cases involving state liquor laws, real estate takings and who can remove class actions to federal court, among others.

  7. October 03, 2018

    Takings Claims Should Go Right To Fed. Court, Justices Told

    Owners of property taken by the government should have the right to take their claims of constitutional violations straight to a federal court, despite a 33-year precedent that forces them to first seek compensation in state courts, the attorney for a Pennsylvania woman told the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday.

  8. March 13, 2018

    High Court May Clarify Decades-Old Procedural Takings Issue

    The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case concerning a Pennsylvania property owner's struggle to get state and federal courts to hear her claim that the government has unconstitutionally taken value from her land, and lawyers say the decision is likely to clarify a murky procedural area that for decades has resulted in delays and additional costs for real estate projects across the country.