Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 122: Listen and Learn -- Easements (Real Property)
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
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
A recurring theme in the area of eminent domain is so-called “stigma damages” caused by the construction of an improvement that may be thought to reduce the market value of a property. A common example is gas pipelines, which...more
Generally when the United States takes property pursuant to its eminent domain authority, “just compensation” is based on the market value of the property on the date of the taking. However, when acquiring a street, road or...more