Property Rights — double-secret easements in Hobe Sound Like the fictional Delta House double secret probation, the Flash Beach Grill in Hobe Sound, Florida, finds itself subject to a secret unrecorded conservation easement. Unbeknownst to Robert and Anita Breinig, when they purchased land for their restaurant that land was allegedly b ...
Over at the Reason Foundation website, Brian Seasholes has an interesting post underscoring conflicting environmental policies under the Endangered Species Act and highlighting our gopher frog case. The article is entitled The Endangered Species Act Hits Affluent Maryland Suburb of the Nation’s Capitol and People are Furious. It starts with t ...
This morning, the New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the state’s landmark Education Tax Credit Program. The Program allows businesses to claim a tax credit on their tax bill for donations to tuition scholarship organizations approved by the state. Those organizations, in turn, provide scholarships to low-income students to attend public or ...
If you’ve ever bought a house or piece of land, you probably paid for a title search and title insurance. A title search makes sure that the seller actually owns the property, free from any undisclosed liens or other third-party interests. Title insurance protects you from the financial loss that could accompany any interests that … ...
Last month, the Sacramento Superior Court issued a decision in Environmental Law Foundation v. State Water Resources Control Board, holding among other things that Siskiyou County cannot issue any new well permits unless it assesses the impacts of new groundwater withdrawals on the Scott River. The decision is the first of a California court hold ...
I’ll be joining Armstrong & Getty in studio today at 7 am to talk about PLF’s lawsuit against San Francisco’s ransom demand for property owners, and Nebraska’s effort to force “for sale by owner” advertisers to get real estate broker licenses. Update: If you missed it, you can listen to the podcast here. R ...
It has been said that Illinois is plagued by unbridled corruption. Almost 90 percent of Illinois voters agree. After all, four of the past seven Illinois governors have been convicted and sentenced to prison. So who pays for the numerous criminal dealings of crooked politicians? Taxpayers. One recent study estimates that the cost of unnec ...
In the video below, PLF attorneys Jennifer and Joshua Thompson discuss some of the constitutional issues that stem from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. … ...
Last Friday Pacific Legal Foundation filed this comment letter with the United States Forest Service, in opposition to a proposed policy that would prevent the owners of private water rights from transferring them under state law from existing uses to other more economical uses. The American West has an interesting history of privately held rights ...