"All appropriate inquiry" regulations under CERCLA for the protection of innocent landowners
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The amendment of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act to protect innocent landowners, bonafide purchasers and contiguous property owners from liability for the removal of hazardous wastes from polluted property is discussed. The methods of determining the innocence of property owners and buyers thereof are described.
Publication Name: Real Estate Review
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 0034-0790
Year: 2007
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Remedies for nuisance may include damages for diminution of rental value and cost of fence which only partially abates nuisance
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The interpretation of the statutes governing the development of residential real estate by Americans, based on the judgement delivered by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in Rattigan v. Wile, 445 Mass. 850, 841 N.E.2d 680 (2006), is presented.
Publication Name: Real Estate Review
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 0034-0790
Year: 2007
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Construction and application of "public use" restriction in Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause - United States Supreme Court Cases
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The interpretation of the "public use" restriction in the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution is presented. The compilation of related cases heard by the United States Supreme Court is presented.
Publication Name: Real Estate Review
Subject: Real estate industry
ISSN: 0034-0790
Year: 2007
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