Landowners win right to attack rules; decision is a blow to environmental organizations
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The US Supreme Court ruling in Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, which ruled that those who acquire property with notice that its development is restricted can still challenge those restrictions as a regulatory taking, is discussed.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 2001
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Property revival: economic rights gurus look to high court
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Three cases coming before the Supreme Court concern regulatory taking issues, and many expect the conservative court to take a position favorable to property owners. The cases are Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Commission, involving legislation restricting beachfront construction; Yee v. City of Escondido, on rent control in mobile-home parks; and PFZ Properties v. Rodriquez, concerning due process rights of a developer.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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High court eyes client trust funds; is directing interest on such accounts to poor a taking?
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Michael Mazzone and the Washington Legal Foundation have filed a constitutional suit against IOLTA programs maintaining that they are a taking of property without compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment. This suit, Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation, will be heard by the US Supreme Court in the 1997-98 term. The IOLTA concept was born after Congress changed banking laws to allow the paying of interest on some accounts with demand deposits and states started to amend ethical rules allowing lawyers to pool nominal funds in a single interest-bearing trust account.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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