September 09, 2020
Previous Issues of the Urban Lawyer
Articles
- Not Your Mother’s Suburb: Remaking Communities for a More Diverse Population
Amanda C. Micklow & Mildred E. Warner
- The Power of Eminent Domain in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Should Common Interest Communities Be Compensated for the Loss of Assessments?
James R. Conde
- Apples to Apples: Yes, There Is (Or Can Be!) a Unifi ed Approach to RLUIPA Ripeness
Ryan M. Buddrecent Developments
- The Use of Dispute Resolution Boards for Construction Contracts
Michael T. Kamprath
- Recent Developments in Land Use Ethics
Patricia E. Salkin
- After Koontz: Recent Developments in Exactions and Impact Fees
W. Andrew Gowder
- Recent Developments in RLUIPA and Religious Land Use
Daniel P. Dalton
- What Once Was Old is New Again: Recent Developments in Judicial Review of Land Use Regulation of Cellular Telecommunications Facilities
Alexander W. Judd
- A Local Government’s Strategic Approach to Distressed Property Remediation
Jessica Bacher & Meg Byerly Williams
- Recent Developments in State Attorneys General Enforcement
Bernard Nash, Ann-Marie Luciano & Bryan Mosca
Case Notes
- McCullen v. Coakley
- Plumhoff v. Rickard
- Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified Sch. Dist.
- Fields v. City of Tulsa
- Pisano v. Strach
- Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Surgical Health Servs. v. Abbott
- Cowan v. Cleveland Sch. Dist.
- Jones v. City of Boston
- Anderson v. City & Cnty. of San Francisco
- Galarza v. Szalczyk
- Rodriguez v. State
- T-Mobile Northeast LLC v. Loudoun Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors
- Porretto v. Texas Gen. Land Office
- Biery v. United States
- Kanerva v. Weems
Article
- Community Benefits Agreements in a Union City: How the Structure of CBAs May Result in Inefficient, Unfair Land Use Decisions
Seven M. Seigel
- The Failure of America’s First City Plan
Maureen E. Brady
- Substantive Due Process Through the Just Compensation Clause: Understanding Koontz’s “Special Application” of the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Conditions by Tracing the Doctrine’s History
Peter A. Clodfelter & Edward J. Sullivan
- Mobility and Community in Urban Policy: An Essay on Great American City by Robert J. Sampson
Kenneth A. Stahl
- The Continuing Struggle Against Government Extortion, and Why the Time Is Now Right to Employ Heightened Scrutiny to All Exactions
Marc J. Herman
Recent Developments
- Recent Developments in Comprehensive Planning
Edward J. Sullivan & Jennifer Bragar
Case Notes
- Ark. Game & Fish Comm’n v. United States
- Sandlands C&D LLC v. Cnty. of Horry
- Annex Books, Inc. v. City of Indianapolis
- Peruta v. Cnty. of San Diego
- State v. Jorgenson
- Goodpaster v. City of Indianapolis
- Paul Stieler Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Evansville
- Hagen v. City of Eugene
- Duke v. Hamil
- Craig v. Rich Twp. High Sch. Dist. 227
- Graziosi v. City of Greenville
- Omnipoint Communications, Inc. v. City of Huntington Beach
- Union Cnty. v. MERSCORP, Inc
- In re Munce’s Superior Petroleum Prods.
- Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, L.L.C. v. Shumlin
- League of Women Voters of Fla. v. Fla. House of Representatives
- Blue Springs R-IV Sch. Dist. v. Sch. Dist. of Kansas City
Articles
- Setting the Table for Urban Agriculture
Margot Pollans & Michael Roberts
- Urban Agriculture and the Environment
Catherine J. LaCroix
- It’s a “Criming Shame”: Moving from Land Use Ethics to Criminalization of Behavior Leading to Permits and Other Zoning Related Acts
Patricia Salkin & Bailey Ince
- Regional Problem Solving in Action: Lessons from the Greater Bear Creek Valley RPS Process
Andrew Ainsworth & Edward Sullivan
- Agenda 21 and Its Discontents: Is Sustainable Development a Global Imperative or Globalizing Conspiracy?
Richard K. Norton
- Federalism and Municipal Innovation: Lessons from the Fight Against Vacant Properties
Benton C. Martin
- Flexible Development Tools: Private Gain and Public Use
Jeffrey Kleeger
Case Notes
- Lynch v. City of New York
- Shepard v. Madigan
- Moss v. City of Dunwoody
- State v. Wenthe
- Ex parte Lo
Articles
- Koontz in the Mansion and the Gatehouse
Steven J. Eagle
- Appeal Tribunals in Land Use Planning: Look-Alikes or Different Species? A Comparative Analysis of Oregon, England and Israel
Nir Mualam
- NIMBYs, Stakeholders, and Legitimate Expectations — A View of 40 Years of Changes in Oregon’s Land Use Regulation
Steven R. Schell
- Coastal TDRs and Takings in a Changing Climate
Nicholas R. Williams
Case Notes
- Tarrant Reg’l Water Dist. v. Herrmann
- Johnson v. Minneapolis Park & Recreation Bd.
- Speet v. Schuette
- Wynar v. Douglas Cnty. Sch. Dist.
- B.H. v. Easton Area Sch. Dist.
- Demers v. Austin
- Sons of Confederate Veterans v. City of Lexington
- Buschco v. Shurtleff
- United States v. Lopez-Cruz
- Drake v. Filko
- Kwong v. Bloomberg
- Scantland v. Jeffry Knight, Inc.
- Frey Corp. v. City of Peoria
- Sylvia Landfileld Trust v. City of Los Angeles
- M & M Inv. Grp., LLC v. Ahlemeyer Farms, Inc.
- Cave Creek Unified Sch. Dist. v. Ducey
- City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health & Wellness Ctr., Inc.
- The Problem of Amenity Migrants in North America and Europe
Jan G. Laitos & Heidi Ruckriegle
- Keep Following the Money: Financial Accountability and Governance of Cyber Charter Schools
Susan L. DeJarnatt
- A Look at Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District
Michael T. Kamprath
- How Local Governments Can Resolve Koontz’s Prohibitions on Ad Hoc Land Use Restrictions
Robert H. Freilich & Neil M. Popowitz
- Recent Developments in Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change
Sorell E. Negro
Case Notes
- McBurney v. Young
- Spurlock v. Fox
- Morrow v. Balaski
- Wyatt v. Fletcher
- J.P. v. Millard Pub. Schs.
- Nat’l Rifl e Ass’n, Inc. v. McCraw
- NLRB v. New Vista Nursing & Rehab.
- United States v. Wurie
- Goldstein v. City of Long Beach
- Phelps-Roper v. Koster
- Hart v. Elec. Arts, Inc.
- Pub. Defender v. State
- Juino v. Livingston Parish Fire Dist. No. 5 E.E.O.C. v. Houston Funding II, Ltd.
- Kelly v. Shapiro & Assoc. Consulting Eng’rs, P.C.
- State v. Hawkinson
- State v. Copeland
- A Room of One’s Own? Accessory Dwelling Unit Reforms and Local Parochialism
Margaret F. Brinig & Nicole Stelle Garnett
- The Importance of a Promise: Underwater Mortgages and a Municipal Rescue Attempt through Eminent Domain
Joel M. Langdon
- The Tragedy of the Unmet Demand for Walking and Biking
Arthur C. Nelson, Gail Meakins, Deanne Weber, Shyam Kannan & Reid Ewing
- To Return from Where We Started: A Revisioning of Property, Land Use, Economy, and Regulation in America
John W. Ragsdale, Jr.
- Overcoming Neoliberal Hegemony Will Be Diffi cult:
Community Development and the Social Welfare Obligation Norm — A
Response to Jerrold A. Long
Jeffrey Kleeger
Recent Developments in Land Use
- Recent Developments in Comprehensive Planning
Edward J. Sullivan & Jennifer Bragar
- The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act — Recent Decisions and Developments
Daniel P. Dalton
- Recent Developments in Regulatory Takings
Robert H. Thomas
- Recent Developments in Eminent Domain: Public Use
Mark M. Murakami, Bethany C. K. Ace & Robert H. Thomas
Case Notes
- Interstate Outdoor Adver., L.P. v. Zoning Bd. of Twp. of Mount Laurel
- Brown v. Town of Cary
- Clatterbuck v. City of Charlottesville
- Bloem v. Unknown Dep’t of the Interior Emps.
- Minnesota Majority v. Mansky
- Peterson v. Martinez
- Ford v. City of Yakima
- K.A. ex rel. Ayers v. Pocono Mountain Sch. Dist.
- Burlison v. Springfi eld Pub. Schools
- Schanzenbach v. Town of Opal
- U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Mfg. Co. v. City of New York
- Lundquist v. Univ. of S.D. Sanford Sch. of Med.
- Stayart v. Google Inc.
- Tyler v. Michaels Stores, Inc.
- State v. Brereton
- James v. Hyatt Regency Chicago
- Rajala v. Gardner
- Evidence-Based Sign Regulation: Regulating Signage on the Basis of Empirical Wisdom
Dawn Jourdan, Kathryn Hurd, H. Gene Hawkins & Kimberly Winsom-Geideman
- Smart Growth: State Strategies in Managing Sprawl
Edward J. Sullivan & Jessica Yeh
- Curbside Service: Community Land Use Catalysts to Neighborhood Flowering during Transit Installations
Michael N. Widener
- 29th Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition Winner
Buoying Environmental Burdens in Bankruptcy Floodwaters
Sarah Schenck
- A New First Amendment Battleground: Challenges Facing
Local Governments by the Occupy Movement and Proactive Responses to
Future Movements
Claire Howard
Case Notes
- FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health Sys., Inc.
- Freedom from Religion Found., Inc. v. City of Warren
- Doe v. Prosecutor
- Tobey v. Jones
- 600 Marshall Entm’t Concepts, LLC v. City of Memphis
- Quint v. Univ. of Oregon
- Assoc. N.J. Rifle & Pistol Clubs v. Governor of New Jersey
- Commonwealth v. McGowan
- Lebron v. Sec’y, Fla. Dep’t of Children & Families
- Patel v. City of Los Angeles
- Garcia v. Hartford Police Dep’t
- United States v. 0.073 Acres of Land
- Wisc. Edu. Ass’n Council v. Walker
- Connelly v. Steel Valley Sch. Dist.
- Northeastern Rural Electric Membership Corp. v. Wabash Valley Power Ass’n, Inc.
- Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC v. Singh
- Webb v. City of Black Hawk
EDUCATION LAW SYMPOSIUM
Education Reform and Governance: Trends, Legal Issues, and Litigation
- State Takeovers of School Districts and Related Litigation: Michigan as a Case Study
Kristi L. Bowman
- The Legal Impact of Emerging Governance Models on Public Education and Its Office Holders
Robert A. Garda, Jr. & David S. Doty
- Urban Public Education Reform: Governance, Accountability, Outsourcing
Natalie Gomez-Velez
Educational Opportunities
- Compelling Honesty: Amending Charter School Enrollment Laws to Aid Society’s Most Vulnerable
Monica Teixeira de Sousa
- The Enduring Power of Milliken’s Fences
Daniel Kiel
- (Handi-)Capping Equality and Excellence: The Unconstitutionality of Spending Caps on Public Education
Tristan L. Duncan
Student Rights
- Book ’em?: Navigating Student Privacy, Disability, and
Civil Rights and School Safety in the Context of School-Police
Cooperation
Lynn M. Daggett
- When Student Off-Campus Cyberspeech Permeates the Schoolhouse Gate: Are There Limits to Tinker’s Reach?>
Jon G. Crawford
Special Education: Searching Through the Legal Quagmire
- Comparing Individual Healthcare Plans and Section 504
Plans: School Districts’ Obligation to Determine Eligibility for
Students with Health Related Conditions
Daniel Kim & Elizabeth Samples
- Compensatory Education for IDEA Violations: The Silly Putty of Remedies?
Terry Jean Seligmann & Perry A. Zirkel
Case Notes
- Tennant v. Jefferson Cnty. Comm’n
- Constitution Party of Kansas v. Kobach
- Pope v. County of Albany
- McCormick v. Miami University
- Maine Educ. Ass’n Benefits Trust v. Cioppa
- R.E. v. New York City Dep’t of Educ.
- Acosta v. City of Costa Mesa
- Hall v. City of Los Angeles
- Time Warner Cable, Inc. v. Hudson
- Redevelopment in California: Its Abrupt Termination and a Texas-Inspired Proposal for a Fresh Start
George Lefcoe
- The Mass Market for Suburban Low-Density Development Is Over
Arthur C. Nelson
- The Sleeping Giant: Community Benefit Agreements and Urban Development
Dr. Thomas A. Musil
- Irregular Kelo Takings: A Potential Response to Natural Disasters
Fredrick E. Vars
- Kelo v. City of New London: Its Ironic Impact on Takings Authority
Gregory J. Robson
Case Notes
- United States v. Decastro
- Massachusetts v. U.S. Dep’t of Health and Human Servs.
- Whitlock v. Brueggemann
- Marsh v. County of San Diego
- Wright v. Incline Vill. Gen. Improvement Dist.
- Guttman v. Khalsa
- Lin v. U.S. Attorney Gen.
- Bobadilla v. Holder
- Hydrofracking: Disturbances Both Geological and Political: Who Decides?
John R. Nolon & Victoria Polidoro
- Oil and Gas Fracking: State and Federal Regulation Does Not Preempt Needed Local Government Regulation — Examining the Santa Fe Oil and Gas Plan and Ordinance as a Model
Dr. Robert H. Freilich & Niel M. Popowitz
ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE LAW
Recent Developments in Land Use, Planning and Zoning Law
- The Need for Federal Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing
Ellen Burford
- Recent Void for Vagueness Challenges to Zoning Ordinances: “How High the Active Element of the Antenna Array?”
Paul D. Wilson
- A “Gateway Plan” to Unhindered Development: Recent Cases Addressing Municipal Estoppel
Kelly L. Frey
- Recent Developments in Comprehensive Planning
Edward J. Sullivan & Jennifer Bragar
- Zoning and the Aging Population: Are Residential Communities Zoning Elder Care Out?
A. Kimberly Hoffman & James A. Landon
- The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: Recent Developments in RLUIPA’s Land Use Jurisprudence
Daniel P. Dalton
- Recent Developments in Exactions and Impact Fees: Public Dedications Required of Private Land
W. Andrew Gowder, Jr.
- When All Heller Breaks Loose: Gun Regulation Considerations for Zoning and Planning Offi cials Under the New Second Amendment
Daniel J. Bolin & Brent O. Denzin
Recent Developments in Government Operations and Liability
- Downsizing Done Right: Cutting the Cost of Government Through Intermunicipal Collaboration
Craig R. Bucki
Recent Developments in Condemnation Law
- Recent Developments in Eminent Domain: Public Use
Robert H. Thomas
- Kelo’s Infl uence on Keystone Pipeline Asks “Where’s the Public Purpose”
Jeffrey Kleeger
Recent Developments in Public Education Law
- Recent Developments in Education Law: Student Searches
James C. Hanks & Kristy M. Latta
Case Notes
- McBurney v. Young
- Bays v. City of Fairborn
- Ohio Citizen Action v. City of Englewood
- Lebamoff Enter., Inc. v. Huskey
- ACLU v. Masto
- Mabey Bridge & Shore, Inc. v. Schoch
- Antilles Cement Corp. v. Fortuño
- Awad v. Ziriax
- A Tribute to Charles M. Haar
Robert H. Freilich
- Making Sense of a “Misunderstanding of the Planning Process”: Examining the Relationship Between Zoning and Rezoning Under the Change-or-Mistake Rule
Keith H. Hirokawa
- Overcoming Neoliberal Hegemony in Community Development: Law, Planning, and Selected Lamarckism
Jerrold A. Long
- A Comparative Analysis of State and Local Government Vacant Property Registration Statutes
Timothy A. Davis
- CO2 and Regulation Authority: The Legal and Policy Implications of California’s Proposed Cap-and-Trade Program and Clean Air Act National Ambient Air Quality Greenhouse Gas Regulation
Christopher Burt
- Disaster Resilience: A Study of San Francisco’s Soft-Story Building Problem
Kate Baldridge
Case Notes
- Filarsky v. Delia
- Parker v. Franklin Cnty. Cmty. Sch. Corp.
- Ward v. Polite
- Farris v. Seabrook
- Doe v. City of Albuquerque
- Haybarger v. Lawrence Cnty. Adult Prob. & Parole City of Houston v. Am. Traffic Solutions, Inc.
- Jamie S. v. Milwaukee Pub. Sch.
- State v. Johnson
- Final Exit Network, Inc. v. Georgia
- Univ. of Conn. v. Freedom of Info. Comm’n
- Responding to the Mortgage Crisis: Three Cleveland Examples
W. Dennis Keating & Kermit J. Lind
- Follow the Money: Charter Schools and Financial Accountability
Susan L. DeJarnatt
- Sprawl in Canada and the United States
Michael Lewyn
- 28th Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition Winner
Reclaiming the Authentic Future: The Role of Redevelopment in Unincorporated California
Tony Lopresti
- Public Sector Collective Bargaining at the Crossroads
R. Theodore Clark, Jr.
- The Regulation of Formula Businesses and the Dormant Commerce Clause Doctrine
Mark Bobrowski
- Improving the Standards and Process of Historic Designation
James R. Brindell
Case Notes
- Frame v. Arlington
- Rickley v. County of Los Angeles
- Centro Familiar Cristiano Buenas Nuevas v. City of Yuma
- Howard v. Criminal Info. Servs., Inc.
- Cox v. Warwick Valley Cent. Sch. Dist.
- C.F ex. rel. Farnan v. Capistrano Unified Sch. Dist.
- Goodspeed Airport LLC v. East Haddam Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Comm’n
- Rousso v. State
- In re Foreclosures of Liens for Delinquent Land Taxes by Action in Rem Collector of Revenue v. Bhatti
- Housing Quotas for People with Disabilities: Legislating Exclusion
Daniel R. Mandelker
- A Yellow Light for “Green Zoning”: Some Words of Caution About Incorporating Green Building Standards into Local Land Use Law
Michael Allan Wolf
- A Role for Local Government Law in Federal-State-Local Disputes
Laurie Reynolds
- Buy Healthy, Buy Local: An Analysis of Potential Legal Challenges to State and Local Government Local Purchase Preferences
Amy S. Ackerman
- Alternative Dispute Resolution in Land Use Disputes — Two Continents and Two Approaches
Edward Sullivan & Alexia Solomou
- Tie Goes to the Landowner: Ambiguous Zoning Ordinances and the Strict Construction Rule
Daniel A. Himebaugh
- Who Decides, How, and Why? Planning for the Judicial Review of Local Legislative Zoning Decisions
Richard K. Norton
Book Review
- David L. Callies, Regulating Paradise: Land Use Controls in Hawai’i (2d ed. 2010)
Reviewed by Patricia E. Salkin
Case Notes
- Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc’y of N.Y., Inc. v. Jesús
- Neighborhood Enters., Inc. v. City of St. Louis
- Mildenberger v. United States
- Smith v. South Dakota
- Harris v. Maricopa County Super. Ct.
- Gary G. v. El Paso Indep. Sch. Dist.
- Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc.
- Gaeta v. Perrigo Pharm. Co.
- State v. Irby
- Hypertouch, Inc. v. ValueClick, Inc.
- No Doubt v. Activision Publ’g, Inc.
- The Supreme Court and the New Old Public Finance: A New Old Defense of the Court’s Recent Dormant Commerce Clause Jurisprudence
Darien Shanske
Annual Review of the Law
- Recent Developments in Education Law: Regulating Student Speech in Cyberspace
James C. Hanks
- Robber Barons, Back-Stabbers and Extortionists: How Far Does Anti-SLAPP Protection Go?
Paul D. Wilson & Noah C. Shaw
- Failure to Articulate Clear Ethics Rules and Standards at the Local Level Continues to Haunt Local Land Use Decision Makers
Patricia E. Salkin
- Green Transportation: Roadblocks and Avenues for Promoting Low-Impact Transportation Choices
David S. Silverman
- Like a Martian Machine: Recent Developments in Land Use Regulation of Cellular Telecommunications Facilities under the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Robert B. Foster
- Turning Vacant Properties into Community Assets Through Land Banking
Julie A. Tappendorf & Brent O. Denzin
- Slip Slidin' Away: Easements, Avulsion, Access, and the Ever Changing Law of Beach Front Property
Sandy D. Hellums & Katharine D. David
- Recent Developments in Comprehensive Planning Law
Edward J. Sullivan
- Gaining Ground in the Final Frontier: Surveying Legal Issues Raised by New England’s Form-Based Codes
Matthew J. Lawlor
- The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act—Recent Developments
Daniel P. Dalton
- Recent Developments in Condemnation Law: Public Use, Private Property
Robert H. Thomas
- Blight Makes Right: Utilization as Public Use
Jeffrey Kleeger
Case Notes
- Snyder v. Phelps
- Skinner v. Switzer
- CSX Transp., Inc. v. Ala. Dep’t of Revenue
- Darensburg v. Metro. Transp. Comm’n
- Alameda Books, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles
- Matson v. Bd. of Ed. of the City School Dist. of New York
- Blackman v. District of Columbia
- Baltimore v. District of Columbia
- Wilderness Soc’y v. United States Forest Serv.
- Georgiacarry.org, Inc. v. Georgia
- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Wisan
- Holt’s Cigar Co., Inc. v. City of Philadelphia
Articles
- Competing for the Next Hundred Million Americans: The Uses and Abuses of Tax Increment Financing
George Lefcoe
- Will Green Building Contracts Transform Construction and Design Law?
Carl J. Circo
- The Many Faces of Iqbal
Rosalie Berger Levinson
- Supervisory Liability After Iqbal: Misunderstood But Not Misnamed
Karen M. Blum
- The Impact of Ashcroft v. Iqbal on Pleading
Alex Reinert
- 27th Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition Winner the Constitutionality of Community Benefits Agreements: Addressing the Exactions Problem
Michael L. Nadler
Case Notes
- American Atheists, Inc. v. Duncan
- ACLU v. Grayson County
- U.S. v. Alvarez
- Entertainment Software Ass’n v. Chicago Transit Auth.
- Marez v. Bassett
- Weintraub v. Bd. of Educ.
- Reinhardt v. Albuquerque Pub. Sch. Bd. of Educ.
- P.P. v. West Chester Area Sch. Dist.
- Greene v. Camreta
- Lozano v. City of Hazleton
- Kennedy v. City of Cincinnati
- Cornejo v. Bell
- Serv. Employers Int’l Union v. City of Houston
- United States v. Skoien
- Faculty Senate of Florida Int’l Univ. v. Winn
- Mansourian v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal.
- Bull v. City and County of San Francisco
- Finch v. Peterson
- Bloch v. Frichholz
- Comm. Concerning Cmty. Improvement v. City of Modesto
- N. County Communications Corp. v. Cal. Catalog & Tech.
- Demings v. Nationwide Life Ins. Co.
- Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Satawa v. Bd. of County Rd. Comm’rs
- Hornbeck Offshore Services, L.L.C. v. Salazar
- In re Application of U.S. for and order:
(1) Authorizing Use of a Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device, (2) Authorizing Release of Subscriber and Other Information, (3) Authorizing Disclosure of Location-Based Services
- Sloan v. Town Council
A 2020 View of Urban Infrastructure: A Festschrift Symposium in Honor of Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer On the Occasion of His 45th Year of Teaching Law
- A 2020 View of Urban Infrastructure: An Introduction and Thank You
- Tributes
INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING
A. Generally
- From Bricks and Mortar to Mega-Bytes and Mega-Pixels: The Changing Landscape of the Impact of Technology and Innovation on Urban Development
Patricia E. Salkin
- Reforming Infrastructure Financing with 2020 Vision
Arthur C. Nelson
- Infrastructure Need in the United States, 2010–2030: What Is the Level of Need? How Will It Be Paid For?
Robert W. Burchell, Matthew S. Crosby & Mark Russo
B. Transportation
- Measuring Regional Transportation Sustainability: An Exploration
Catherine L. Ross, Bruce Stiftel, Myungje Woo & Arthi Rau
- Sustainable Urban Development and the Next American Landscape: Some Thoughts on Transportation, Regionalism, and Urban Planning Law Reform in the 21st Century
Edward H. Ziegler
- Transportation Concurrency, Mobility Fees, and Urban Sprawl in Florida
Thomas G. Pelham
C. Electricity
- The Future of Electricity Infrastructure
Fred Bosselmand
D. Wastewater
- Sewers: Infra Dig and Infra Dug
James Bross
- The Last Thing That Planners Talk About Should Be the First
Dwight H. Merriam
- Wastewater Resources: Rethinking Centralized Wastewater Treatment Systems, Land Use Planning and Water Conservation
Colin Crawford
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- Affordable Housing as Infrastructure in the Time of Global Warming
James A. Kushner
- Affordable Housing as Urban Infrastructure: A Comparative Study from a European Perspective
Juli Ponce
- Draft Convention on the International Status of Environmentally-Displaced Persons
Michel Prieur
- Green Infrastructure: The Imperative of Open Space Preservation
Janice C. Griffith
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
- Mandatory Set-Asides as Land Development Conditions
David L. Callies
- The U.S. Regulatory Takings Debate Through an International Lens
Rachelle Alterman
- Property Rights and Local Zoning v. Nature Protection: Some Comparative Spotlights
Michael Bothe
- Resolving Land Use and Impact Fee Disputes: Utah’s Innovative Ombudsman Program
Craig M. Call
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
- Urbanization and Growth Management in Europe
Ellen Margrethe Basse
- The Next Wave in Growth Management
Jerry Weitz
- Loving Growth Management in the Time of Recession
Julian C. Juergensmeyer & James C. Nicholas
- The School District Boundary Problem
Aaron J. Saiger
- Penn Central's Ad Hocery Yields Inconsistent Takings Decisions
William W. Wade
- The Religious Land Use & Institutionalized Persons Act — Recent Developments
Daniel Dalton
- The Revival of Due Process Rights in Redevelopment Takings: Recent Developments in Due Process in State Eminent Domain Case Law
Richard P. DeAngelis, Jr. & Cory K. Kestner
- Elected Offical Immunity in Making Local Zoning Decisions
Steven M. Elrod & Hart M. Passman
- The Better Part of Valor Is Co-Location: Recent
Developments in Judicial Review of Land Use Regulation of Cellular
Telecommunications Facilities Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Robert B. Foster
- Fair Housing for Sober Living: How the Fair Housing Act Addresses Recovery Homes for Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Matthew M. Gorman, Anthony Marinaccio & Christopher Cardinale
- Recent Developments in Exactions and Impact Fees: Who Pays for New Schools, Fair Housing, and Clean Air?
W. Andrew Gowder, Jr. & Bryan W. Wenter
- Regulating Vacant Property
Keith H. Hirokawa & Ira Gonzalez
- Refining Green Building Regulations and Funding Green Buildings in Order to Achieve Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Erin Elizabeth Burg Hupp
- No Protectable Property Interest in Making Land Use Decisions and Other Ethics in Land Use Issues 2009-2010
Patricia E. Salkin
- Recent Developments in Comprehensive Planning Law
Edward J. Sullivan
- The Judge as Cartoon Character Whose Hat Flies into the
Air: The “Shocks The Conscience” Standard in Recent Substantive Due
Process Land Use Litigation
Paul D. Wilson & Noah C. Shaw
- Recent Developments in Challenging the Right to Take in Eminent Domain
Robert H. Thomas
- Litigation and Postsecondary Education: A Year in Perspective, 2009
Lelia B. Helms & James D. Jorgensen
- High “C’s” Ahead: Public Employer Collective Bargaining, Contractual and Constitutional Hurdles in Concessionary Bargaining
Ronald Kramer
Book Review
-
Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development
Joan Fitzgerald, Oxford University Press, 2010
Reviewed by Robert H. Freilich & Neil M. Popowitz
- The Law of American State Consitutions
Robert Williams, 2009
Reviewed by Peter Buchsbaum
Case Notes
- Family Winemakers of California v. Jenkins, 592 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2010)
- Norse v. City of Santa Cruz, 586 F.3d 697 (9 th Cir. 2009), reh’g en banc granted, 598 F.3d 1061 (2010)
- Kleinman v. Wade, 597 F.3d 323 (5th Cir. 2010)
- Stratechuk v. S. Orange-Maplewood Bd. of Educ., 587 F.3d 597 (3d Cir. 2009)
- Nolan v. Memphis City Schools , 589 F.3d 257 (6th Cir. 2009)
- Weise v. Casper, 593 F.3d 1163 (10th Cir. 2010)
- Adar v. Smith, 597 F.3d 697 (5th Cir. 2010)
- Mann v. Calumet City, 588 F.3d 949 (7th Cir. 2009)
- Srail v. Lisle, 588 F.3d 940 (7 th Cir. 2009)
- Rumber v . District of Columbia, 595 F. 3d 1298 (D.D.C. 2010)
- Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition v. District of Columbia, 589 F.3d 433 (D.C. Cir. 2009)
- Mason v. Smithkline Beecham Corp., 596 F.3d 387 (7 th Cir. 2010)
- Peterson v. Grisham, 594 F.3d 723 (10th Cir. 2010)
- Lynch v. City of New York , 589 F.3d 94 (2d Cir. 2009)
- Ord v. District of Columbia, 587 F.3d 1136 (D.C. Cir. 2009)
- Gerardi v. City of Bridgeport , 985 A.2d 328 (Conn. 2010)
- 2800 La Frontera No. 1A, Ltd. v. City of Round Rock, 2010 Tex. App. LEXIS 243 (Tex. App. Austin Jan. 12, 2010)
- In re Port of Oswego Authority v. Grannis , 897 N.Y.S.2d 736 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. A.D. 2010)
- Urban Agriculture and Other Green Uses: Remaking the Shrinking City
Catherine J. LaCroix
- Urban Redevelopment Policy, Judicial Deference to Unaccountable Agencies, and Reality in Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards Project
Amy Lavine & Norman Oder
- Equal Protection and Aesthetic Zoning: A Possible Crack and a Preemptive Repair
Louis G. Tassinary, Dawn Jourdan &damp; Russ Parsons
- Growth Management Acts’ “Land-Supply Mandate” Or, Why the Growth Monster Eats the Leftover Meatloaf in the Refrigerator
Daniel M. Warner
- Urban Renewal and the Story of Berman v. Parker
Amy Lavine
- The Umbrella of Sustainability: Smart Growth, New Urbanism, Renewable Energy and Green Development in the 21st Century
Robert H. Freilich & Neil M. Popowitz
- A Non-Fatal Collision: Interpreting RLUIPA Where Religious Land Uses and Community Interests Meet
Adam J. MacLeod
- Urban Sprawl and the Constitution: Educational Inequality as an Impetus to Low Density Living
Wayne Batchis
- Affordable Housing: The Case for Demand-Side Subsidies in Superstar Cities
Adam Zeidel
- 26th Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition Winner
Much Ado About Nollan/ Dolan : The Comparative Nature of the Legislative-Adjudicative Distinction in Exactions
Matthew Baker
Book Review
- 2009 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook
Patricia E. Salkin ed., 29th ed. 2009
Reviewed by Robert H. Freilich
Case Notes
- Arnold’s Wines, Inc. v. Boyle, 571 F.3d 185 (2d Cir. 2009)
- EMILY’s List v. FEC, 581 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2009)
- Winn v. Ariz. Christian Sch. Tuition Org., 562 F.3d 1002 (9th Cir. 2009)
- McCullen v. Coakley, 571 F.3d 167 (1st Cir. 2009)
- Palmer v. Waxahachie Indep. Sch. Dist., 579 F.3d 502 (5th Cir. 2009).
- Monroe v. City of Charlottesville , 579 F.3d 380 (4th Cir. 2009)
- Kleinsmith v. Shurtleff, 571 F.3d 1033 (10th Cir. 2009)
- Connecticut v. Am. Elec. Power Co. , 582 F.3d 309 (2d Cir. 2009).
- Twp. of Tinicum v. United States Dep’t of Transp., 582 F.3d (3d Cir. 2009)
- Richmond Med. Ctr. for Women v. Herring, 570 F.3d 165 (4th Cir. 2009).
- Cablevision Sys. Corp. v. FCC , 570 F.3d 83 (2d Cir. 2009).
- Estate of Kirkpatrick v. City of Olathe, 215 P.3d 561 (Kan. 2009).
Articles
- Ripeness Madness: The Expansion of Williamson County’s Baseless “State Procedures” Takings Ripeness Requirement to Non-Takings Claims
J. David Breemer
- Zoning Conflicts Over Public Facilities Siting: A Model Framework for Standard State Acts
Gary D. Taylor & Mark A. Wyckoff
- Alternatives to Property Tax Increment Finance Programs: Sales, Income, and Nonproperty Tax Increment Financing
Lauren Ashley Smith
- Tax Increment Financing Bonds as “Debt” Under State Constitutional Debt Limitations
Phillip J.F. Geheb
- Tax Increment Financing as a Tool for Redevelopment: Attracting Private Investment to Serve a Public Purpose — The Example of Michigan
Laura M. Bassett
- Keeping the Underclass in Its Place: Zoning, the Poor, and Residential Segregation
David Ray Papke
- Amortization and the Constitutional Methodology for Terminating Nonconforming Uses
Joseph Michaels
Case Notes
- Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. v. County of San Luis Obispo, 548 F.3d 1184 (9th Cir. 2008)
- Nordyke v. King, 563 F.3d 439 (9th Cir. 2009), reh’g en banc granted, 575 F.3d 890 (9 th Cir. 2009)
- Poirier v. Mass. Dep’t of Corr., 558 F.3d 92 (1st Cir. 2009)
- Cooper v. SEPTA, 548 F.3d 296 (3d Cir. 2008), cert. denied, 129 S.Ct. 2736 (2009)
- Lonberg v. City of Riverside, 571 F.3d 846 (9th Cir. 2009)
- Rose Acre Farms, Inc. v. United States, 559 F.3d 1260 (Fed. Cir. 2009)
- Ohio ex rel. Skaggs v. Brunner, 549 F.3d 468 (6th Cir. 2008)
- In re Sony BMG Music Entm’t, 564 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2009)
- North County Community Alliance, Inc. v. Salazar, 573 F.3d 738 (9th Cir. 2009)
- Washington v. Chu, 558 F.3d 1036 (9th Cir. 2009)
- Palmer/ Sixth Street Properties, L.P. v. City of Los Angeles, 175 Cal. App. 4th 1396 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009)
- Lee & Lamont Realty v. Planning and Zoning Comm’n of Vernon, 963 A.2d 98 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009).
- Randolph v. City of Brigantine Planning Bd., 963 A.2d 1224 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2009)
Articles
- State and Local Governments and Immigration Laws
Seth M.M. Stodder & Nicolle Sciara Rippeon
- Regulatory Takings and Free Trade Agreements: Implications for Planners
Mildred E. Warner
- Recent Developments in Regulatory Takings Jurisprudence
Christopher M. Whitcomb & Mary Lynn Huett
- Recent Developments in Public Education Law: Postsecondary Education
James D. Jorgensen & Lelia B. Helms
- Recent Trend in Green Buildings Laws: Potential Preemption of Green Building and Whether Retrofitting Existing Buildings Will Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Save the Economy
Erin Burg Hupp
- What the Meaning of “May” May Be: Recent Developments in Judicial Review of Land Use Regulation of Cellular Telecommunications Facilities under the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Robert B. Foster
- 2009 Ethical Considerations in Land Use
Patricia E. Salkin
- Recent Developments in Comprehensive Planning Law
Edward J. Sullivan
- Recent Developments in Public Use and Pretext in Eminent Domain
Robert H. Thomas
- But It’s My Turn to Speak! When Can Unruly Speakers at Public Hearings Be Forced to Leave or Be Quiet?
Paul D. Wilson & Jennifer K. Alcarez
Case Notes
- Video Software Dealers Ass’n v. Schwarzenegger
- Powers v. Richards
- Gorum v. Sessoms
- Dietrich v. John Ascuaga’s Nugget
- Yes on Term Limits, Inc. v. Savage
- ACLU v. Santillanes
- Ramsey Winch, Inc. v. Henry
- Maloney v. Cuomo
- Newark Parents Ass’n v. Newark Pub. Sch.
- Toll Bros., Inc. v. Readington Township
- Ashley County v. Pfi zer, Inc.
- City of Kansas City v. Ku
- Steel Los III, LP v. Power Auth. of New York
Articles
- Introductory Comments on the Fair Housing Testing Conference and the Importance of Testing to Achieve Compliance with the Fair Housing Act
Otto J. Hetzel
- A Test of Our Fairness
Fred Freiberg
- Reflections on Housing Rights Center v. Krug
Liam Garland
- Handling Civil Rights Cases: An Assistant United States Attorney's Perspective
Judith Levy
- Usign Testing Evidence in Mortgage Lending Discrimination Cases
Steve Tomkowiak
Case Notes
- Colorado Christian Univ. v. Weaver
- American Life Coalition v. Stanton
- S.C. v. Rose
- Parker v. Hurley
- Kalson v. Paterson
- North Carolina ex rel. Cooper v. Tenn. Valley Auth.
- Natural Resources Defense Council v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Jaynes v. Commonwealth
- Cedar Lake Conf. Ass’n v. Lake County Prop. Tax Assessment Bd. of Appeals
- Indianapolis Osteopathic Hosp., Inc. v. Dep’t of Local Gov’t Fin.
Articles
- Second Amendment Plumbing After Heller: Of Standards of Scrutiny, Incorporation, Well-Regulated Militias, and Criminal Street Gangs
Lawrence Rosenthal
- Local Government without Tiebout
Aaron J. Saiger
- The Case for Megapolitan Growth Management in the 21st Century: Regional Urban Planning and Sustainable Development in the United States
Edward H. Ziegler
- 25th Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition Winner Restitution, Eminent Domain, and Economic Development: Moving to a Gains-Based Conception of the Takings Clause
Matthew Cory Williams
Case Notes
- Shanks v. Dressell
- Lambert v. Hartman
- Michael C. v. Gresbach
- Brannum v. Overton County School Bd.
- Sprint Telephony PCS, L.P. v. County of San Diego
- United States v. Village of Port Chester
- Gonzalez v. City of Aurora
- Huff v. Dekalb County
- Martinez v. County of Monroe
Articles
- A Study of American Zoning Board Composition and Public Attitudes Toward Zoning Issues
Jerry L. Anderson, Aaron E. Brees & Emily C. Reninger
- Supreme Court Report 2007 – 2008
Julie M. Cheslik, Aimee L. Morrison & Tyler J. Scott
- The Comprehensive Plan Is an Indispensable Compass for Navigating Mixed-Use Zoning Decisions Through the Precepts of the Due Process, Takings, and Equal Protection Clauses
Gerald A. Fisher
- Possession: An Essay on Values Necessary for the Preservation of Wild Lands and Traditional Tribal Cultures
John W. Ragsdale, Jr.
- ABCs of Stream Crossings: Reducing Flooding and Barriers to Aquatic Life Passage under Current Federal and State Regulation of Wetlands
Stacey Graham
- America Votes! A Guide to Modern Election Law and Voting Rights
Benjamin E. Griffith, Editor
- ABA Section of State and Local Government Law (2008)
Reviewed by Robert H. Freilich
- The Zoning of America: Euclid v. Ambler Michael Allan Wolf
Reviewed by Patricia E. Salkin
Case Notes:
- Air Transport Ass’n of America, Inc. v. Cuomo
- Abner v. Kansas City S. Ry. Co.
- Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle
- Chicago Lawyers’ Comm. for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. v. Craigslist, Inc.
- IFC Credit Corp. v. United Bus. & Indust. Fed. Credit Union
- Budnick v. Town of Carefree
- Green Party v. Land
- City of Fort Smith v. McCutchen
- State v. Harris
- Clay County Realty Co. v. City of Gladstone
- State ex rel. City of Blue Springs v. Nixon
Articles
- Legislation for Planned Unit Developments and Master-Planned Communities
Daniel R. Mandelker
- State Vested Rights Statutes: Developing Certainty and Equity and Protecting the Public Interest
J. Spencer Hall
- Recent Developments in Government Operations and Liability A Long and Winding Road: Federal Funding for Interstate Toll Roads
Casey T. Wallace & Sandy D. Hellums
- Recent Developments in Government Operations and Liability State Attorneys General: The Robust Use of Previously Ignored State Powers
Ashley L. Taylor, Jr., Anthony F. Troy & Katherine W. Tanner Smith
- Recent Developments in Land Use, Planning and Zoning A Novel Application: Recent Developments in Judicial Review of Land Use Regulation of Cellular Telecommunications Facilities under the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Robert B. Foster
- Recent Developments in Land Use, Planning and Zoning Of Synagogues and Nude Juice Bars: Can a Municipality Settle Land Use Litigation Without a Permitting Process?
Paul D. Wilson
- Recent Developments in Land Use, Planning and Zoning Recent Developments in Comprehensive Planning Law
Edward J. Sullivan
- Recent Developments in Land Use, Planning and Zoning Crime Doesn’t Pay and Neither Do Conflicts of Interest in Land Use Decisionmaking
Patricia E. Salkin
- Recent Developments in Land Use, Planning and Zoning Recent Developments in Exactions and Impact Fees
W. Andrew Gowder Jr. & Bryan W. Wenter
- Recent Developments in Land Use, Planning and Zoning The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act Update
Daniel Dalton
- Recent Developments in Land Use, Planning and Zoning Green Buildings: What It Means To Be “Green” and the Evolution of Green Building Laws
Jesse W. Abair
- Recent Developments in Public Education Law: Postsecondary Education
Lelia B. Helms & James D. Jorgensen
- 21st Century Land Development Code Robert Freilich and S. Mark White American Planning Association (2008)
Reviewed by Daniel R. Mandelker
Case Notes
- Miller v. Brown
- Braun v. Ann Arbor Charter Twp.
- Graoch Assocs. v. Lousiville/ Jefferson County Metro Human Relations Comm’n
- Murphy v. Cockrell
- Rement Corp. & US Fire Insurance Co. v. City of Chicago
- NRDC v. Winter
- Pac. Merch. Shipping Ass’n v. Goldstene
- Rost v. Steamboat Springs RE-2 Sch. Dist.
- Nelson v. Dean
- Mount St. Scholastica, Inc. v. City of Atchison, Kansas
- City of Okoboji v. Okoboji Barz, Inc.
- Nouhan v. Bd. of Adjustments
- Riley v. R.I. Dep’t of Envtl. Mgmt.
- Oakbrook, 7th Addition Homeowners Assoc. v. Newhouse
Articles
- State Executive/ Legislative and Judicial Activities and the Strength of Local Regulation of Residential Housing
David D. Foster & Anita A. Summers
- The Covenant Conundrum in Urban Water Conservation
Caitlin S. Dyckman
- The Future of the Regulatory Takings Issue in the United States and Europe: Divergence or Convergence?
Harvey M. Jacobs, Ph.D.
- Stream Buffer Ordinances: Are Municipalities On the Brink of Protecting The Health of Streams or Opening the Floodgates of Takings Litigation?
Casey Schach
- 24th Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition Winner Constructing the Special Theater Subdistrict: Culture, Politics, and Economics in the Creation of Transferable Development Rights
Michael Kruse
- 24th Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition Runner-Up: Broadened Notions of Historic Preservation and the Role of Neighborhood Conservation Districts
Adam Lovelady