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Navigating Property Nuisance Litigation: Lessons from Satcher v. Columbia County on Injunctive Relief and Damage Awards

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In litigation underlying Satcher v. Columbia County, 2024 WL 3802370 (Ga. Aug. 13, 2024), property owners sued the County related to damage caused by their privately-owned 48-inch pipe that had been used as part of the...more

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Arizona Court of Appeals Holds Severance Damages Unavailable for Homeowners Whose Easements were Extinguished in Eminent Domain

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The Arizona Court of Appeals recently held that members of a homeowners’ association are not entitled to severance damages to their residential parcels when common areas are condemned....more

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Arizona Court of Appeals Addresses Proximity Damages in State of Arizona v. Foothills Reserve Master Owners Association, Inc.

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On December 7, 2023, the Arizona Court of Appeals held in State of Arizona v. Foothills Reserve Master Owners Association, Inc. that 589 homeowners in an Ahwatukee subdivision were not entitled to “proximity damages” after...more

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California Supreme Court: Parties to a Real Estate Transaction Can Create Implied Exclusive Easements

In the recent case Romero v. Shih, the California Supreme Court clarified that under California law, parties to a real estate transaction may create an implied easement that effectively grants the dominant tenement exclusive...more

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Court of Appeals of Virginia Holds Proof of the Physical Location of an Easement is a Necessary Element of an Implied Easement

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Yesterday, the Court of Appeals of Virginia held that, in order to establish an implied easement, a party must prove the physical location of the easement. In Thomas E. Morris, et al. v. Anthony Heath Parker, et al., Record...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Easement Considered Abandoned When Authorized Use No Longer Has Practical Value

As properties age, it is not uncommon for lingering easements to exist on record which were originally created to serve needs that no longer exist or are practically speaking outdated.  Recorded easements can affect a...more

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Riparian Rights/Water Treatment Project: New York Appellate Court Addresses Golf Course's Diminished Flow Claim

The New York Supreme Court (Appellate Division) (“Appellate Court”) addressed in an August 11th Memorandum and Order (“Memorandum”) an issue involving a judicial action alleging diminished flow of water between two...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Zoning and Development Newsletter - July 2023

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Sullivan's Permitting & Land Use Practice Group and Litigation Department have released the second issue of their Zoning and Development Newsletter. The publication aims to provide our firm's clients and others interested...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week At The Ninth: Easements And Bankruptcy Standing

This week, the Court considers a property owner’s claim to an easement over a maintenance road on federal land, and casts doubt on the longstanding “person aggrieved” standing requirement in bankruptcy appeals. ...more

Pullman & Comley - For What It May Be Worth

When is an Easement Subject to Taxation

Most folks laboring in the property tax and valuation vineyards would not think that an easement attached to a parcel of real estate could create a separate tax liability for its owner.  That presumption might be true in most...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Easements and the “Merger” Doctrine

Under California’s easement “merger” (merger of title) doctrine set forth in Civil Code sections 811 and 805, an easement (or servitude) is “extinguished” by “the vesting of the right of the servitude and the right to the...more

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Third Circuit Wrestles with Sufficiency of Notice Letter under Federal Clean Water Act

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Citizen suits begin with private parties sending “notice letters” to potential defendants apprising them that, if a specified action isn’t done within a certain period, litigation will be filed. A primary purpose of these...more

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Access to Wind/Windfarm: Maryland Appellate Court Addresses Dispute Between Adjacent Landowners

A Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court”) addressed in an august 16th Opinion a dispute between a windfarm owner and neighboring coal cleaning operation. See Gestamp Wind North America, Inc., et al. v. Alliance Coal, LLC, et...more

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Sovereign Immunity Barred Quiet Title Suit Against Indian Tribe

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The First Appellate District held that tribal sovereign immunity bars a quiet title action to establish a public easement for coastal access on property owned by an Indian tribe. Self v. Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community, 60...more

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Evidence About Existing Wildfire Hazards Near a Project Does Not Require an EIR

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Evidence about past wildfires and the risk of future wildfires impacting residents near a proposed project does not require the lead agency to prepare an environmental impact report unless there is substantial evidence...more

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Neighbor’s Continued Use of Landowner’s Property for Access and Parking Following Division of Lots at Trustee Sale Established...

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A California Court of Appeal held that longstanding use of a landowner’s property for access and parking by residents of the adjacent lot had established a prescriptive easement. Husain v. California Pacific Bank, 61...more

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Amada Family Limited Partnership v. Pomeroy: Colorado Court of Appeals expressly affirms the continuing viability of the...

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On May 27, 2021, a division of the Colorado Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Amada Family Limited Partnership v. Pomeroy, 2021 COA 73. In that case, the court decided two significant issues that apparently had never...more

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Appellate Division finds Village Responsible for Maintenance of Bulkhead Related to Drainage Easement

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Plaintiffs own property in the Village of Freeport on Randall Bay and granted a drainage easement to the Village in 1961. The easement, dated September 6, 1961, allowed the Village to “construct and maintain one underground...more

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Do Conservation Easements Provide Effective Mitigation for Loss of Farmland to Development?

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In 2018, the CEQA Guideline which defines the term “mitigation” was amended to add “conservation easements” to the list of measures that can provide “compensatory” mitigation for an environmental impact. Guideline §15370(e)....more

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County May Abandon Public Easement Rights to Prevent Unauthorized Use of Road

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The Third Appellate District determined that Placer County met relevant statutory requirements when it partially abandoned public easement rights in a road originally intended to be used only for emergency access and public...more

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Recent Victory For All Texas Landowners Facing Pipeline Condemnation

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Porter Hedges recently scored a significant victory for landowners Terrance and Kenneth Hlavinka and their families (“the Hlavinkas”) against HSC Pipeline Partners, a subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners. On June 18,...more

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Federal Circuit Reaffirms Application of Categorical-Taking Analysis for Temporary Fifth Amendment Takings Claims in...

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On May 29, 2020, the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Caquelin v. United States, reaffirming precedent governing the way courts evaluate the taking of private property in Rails-to-Trails litigation—specifically, that a...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Is an Irrevocable License Binding on a Purchaser?

A landowner grants a license by allowing someone else to use the land.  A license can be created by express permission, or by acquiescence (allowing the use with full knowledge and without objecting).  Normally, a license is...more

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“Public Improvement” Narrowly Defined to Limit Inverse Condemnation Liability

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Since the California Supreme Court’s 2019 Oroville decision, which narrowed inverse condemnation liability for public agencies, several court decisions have followed suit. ...more

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Texas Supreme Court Reaffirms Validity and Scope of General Easements

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Friday, February 28th, in Southwestern Electric Power Company v. Lynch et al., the Texas Supreme Court decided a hotly contested case regarding the interpretation of “general easements.” In Texas, the term “general easement”...more

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