The Hawaii Supreme Court conducted oral arguments last week in the case of Umberger v. Department of Land and Natural Resources. This is the case asking whether an online commercial fishing permit application triggers environmental review under Hawaii’s Environmental Policy Act, Ch. 343.
Several individuals and environmental groups brought suit against the State of
California fish, not raisins, are the subject of a recent decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case is Marilley v. Bonham and the opinion can be found here.
In Marilley, California’s vessel registration fees were challenged by non-resident commercial fishermen who argued, as a class, that charging nonresidents higher
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These are my slides for my presentation on Motions Practice in Eminent Domain Trials.
And, in the Third Circuit, the contract wins.
Among the arcane provisions of the U.S. Constitution is the tonnage clause which prohibits the states from laying "any Duty of Tonnage" without the consent of Congress. Roughly translated, states and local governments cannot tax cargo.
So, if a municipal landowner leases land to a private company
Geography matters, but so do governments. If you live in a place that flies the American flag, should you be entitled to all of the privileges that are shared by all the residents of lands where that flag is flown?
No, says the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Citizenship belongs to those
Announcing the 2015 American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education seminar on eminent domain in San Francisco.
Details below, "borrowed" from my partner, Robert H. Thomas, programming chair and blogger extraordinaire.
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This Hawaii attorney is far from home!
