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I appeared this morning (3:20 a.m PST, 6:20 PST) with Coy Koontz, Jr., on Fox & Friends to discuss the continuation of his case.  After his victory in the U.S. Supreme Court last year, his case was sent back down to the Florida courts.  Right now, St. Johns Water Management district is doing its level … ...

For the past several months, I have been spending quite a bit of time on the road, speaking to citizen groups and lawyers about PLF’s landmark victory in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District. In particular, I have been focusing on the decision’s potential impact on Washington land use law. I conclude that, … ...

Two interesting pieces of scholarship on Koontz v. St. Johns River Management District.  The first is a law review article by Steve Eagle, a professor at the George Mason School of Law, and author of the excellent treatise Regulatory Takings.  His new article, Koontz in the Mansion and Gatehouse, begins with a riff from an old … ...

I’ll be attending  the Federalist Society’s 2013 National Lawyers Convention at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C., this Thursday, November 14, through Saturday, November 16.  The convention includes lots of interesting panels on a variety of legal issues, along with addresses by Justice Clarence Thomas, Senators Ted Cruz and Mik ...

Last week, I spoke at a conference of municipal attorneys about the impacts that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District may have in Washington state.  In broad terms, Koontz recognizes that the Takings Clause places strict limits on the municipal practice of exacting money (e.g., “impac ...

Last week, PLF staff attorney Daniel Himebaugh and I participated in roundtable discussion about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Koontz v. St. John’s River Water Management District, and the decision’s potential impact in Washington. The roundtable was hosted by our friends at the Freedom Foundation and a Vancouver-based com ...

Our Supreme Court victory in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District has drawn a lot of media attention over the last couple of weeks. On Sunday, FoxNews interviewed me on the impact of the decision: The Sacramento Bee—Pacific Legal Foundation’s hometown paper—lambasted the decision in a biting editorial. Today, I published t ...

Earlier this year—and before PLF’s major property rights victory in Koontz—the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) announced a new management plan that will give the agency more opportunities to make demands on property owners in the permitting process. If you want to know how bureaucrats view the permitting process, look no further tha ...

Attorney Paul J. Beard II will appear on Fox News TODAY at 10:20 a.m. PDT / 1:20 p.m. EST to talk about our recent Supreme Court victory in Koontz v. St Johns River Water Management District. Mr. Beard, who argued the case at the Supreme Court, will explain how the decision provides property owners new protections … ...

The Federalist Society will be hosting a live teleforum TODAY at 11:00 a.m. PDT / 2:00 p.m. EST on our recent Supreme Court victory in Koontz v. St Johns River Water Management District.  I will make a brief presentation of the case, which will be followed by a Q&A. If you are a dues-paying member of … ...