Constitutional Law, Tax Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use

Paper Carryout Bag Charge Is Not A Tax

by Jeffrey L. Massey | Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 3/12/2013

Taxpayers and a manufacturer of plastic bags challenged a county ordinance that prohibits retail stores from providing customers with plastic carryout bags and requires the stores to charge their customers ten cents for each...more

Virginia Supreme Court Opinions Affecting Local Government Law: June 7, 2012

by Sands Anderson PC on 6/8/2012

Today, the Virginia Supreme Court issued several opinions affecting the practice of Virginia local government law. The cases involve (1) an inverse condemnation claim against VDOT for flooding, (2) another application of...more

PA Tax Notes

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/24/2012

Interest on Real Estate Tax Overpayments The Commonwealth Court has held that the provisions of the Local Taxpayer Bill of Rights apply to refunds of real estate taxes, requiring that interest be calculated from the...more

Marzulla Law Legal Report - February 2012

by Nancie G. Marzulla on 2/13/2012

In This Newsletter: - Marzulla Law Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Standing of Municipal Taxpayers In February 2009, Highway J Citizens Group, U.A., an associationin southeastern Wisconsin that promotes...more

California Supreme Court Upholds Elimination of Redevelopment Agencies

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 1/4/2012

In a highly anticipated decision, the California Supreme Court ruled on December 29, 2011, that legislation adopted in July to dissolve redevelopment agencies is constitutional, but that legislation adopted concurrently to...more

Legal Update: California Supreme Court Ruling Winds Up Redevelopment Agencies: Legislative Reform May be Next

by Miller Starr Regalia on 1/2/2012

In an opinion filed December 29, 2011, the California Supreme Court upheld Assembly Bill 1X 26, which dissolves redevelopment agencies as of October 1, 2011. The opinion also invalidated Assembly Bill 1X 27, which provides...more

Update on Redevelopment Law: Governor Signs Trailer Bills to End Redevelopment Agencies Unless They Make Payments - Uncertainty...

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/6/2011

This is the third in a series of blog entries monitoring the proposed elimination of redevelopment agencies. Governor Jerry Brown has approved the "all cuts" 2011-2012 budget for the State of California, in the process...more