Michigan counties may no longer steal home equity from tax foreclosures. But the fight continues in the other 12 states that allow this practice.
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American Resilience: Our nation was made to survive tough times like these
In a typical year, the Fourth of July would be an occasion to celebrate America’s origins, history and future. Marking the anniversary of our nation’s founding should be an opportunity for reflection on the past and optimism about where we’re headed. But let’s face it: 2020 is not a typical year. The last six months … ...
Seider v. City of Malibu
Property rights on the line in family’s battle for beachfront signage
Dennis and Leah Seider simply want to alert beachgoers to where the public right of access to the beach ends, the Seiders’ private Malibu property begins, and the way to the nearby public beach. Their best hope to protect their property rights and avoid potential confrontations with beachgoers would be a sign. But that hope faded when they le ...
Adamski v. California Coastal Commission
Builders battle the California Coastal Commission’s basement ban
When Chris Adamski, a Monterey County, California contractor, and his longtime mentor and friend Mike Pietro bought four properties in the county’s Carmel Point neighborhood in 2014, they planned to develop two houses to sell, and then build one house for each of them—Chris for his large family, and Mike for retirement. The California Coast ...
Barnette v. HBI, LLC
Taking tax-foreclosed property requires proper notice
In 2002, Walter Barnette was working in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue when he spotted an acre of land in a growing neighborhood. Though he lives across the nearby border with Iowa, he bought the property with the intent of one day building a home. Walter fell on hard times, however, and failed to pay his 2010 and 2011 property taxes—$986.50—to S ...
Depending on who you ask, the Endangered Species Act can either be considered one of America’s greatest conservation successes or one of its most dismal failures. But few would dispute that the law is politically controversial, and critical habitat designations remain a particularly thorny aspect of the ESA. Recently, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser …
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