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
The tide seems to have turned against the Town and the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of East Hampton (Trustees) in a recent decision by the Second Department....more
Recently, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (the Law Court) issued a decision that could impact developers’ ability to apply for development permits if the developer proposes to use property over which the developer has only...more
Applicants sought to subdivide two lots located at 550 Hill Street and 554 Hill Street in the Village of Southampton into three residential lots with a 25 foot wide access easement along the southerly side of an adjoining...more
A United States District Court (E.D. CALIF.) (“Court”) addressed in an April 23rd Memorandum and Order (“Order”) a request for a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) related to a solar energy services agreement and easement...more
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York (“Court”) in a June 7th opinion addressed a property owner’s request to annul a Town’s determination to acquire an easement to install a sewer line along a nature trail....more
The Arkansas Court of Appeals in a February 20th opinion addressed issues arising out of the construction of a wastewater plant (“Plant”) by the City of Calion, Arkansas, (“City”) on Calion Lake (“Lake”). See James Randall...more
Nan Wallace experienced cracks in the walls, foundation and chimney of her residence, which she believed were caused by blockage in a stormwater pipe that flowed beneath her driveway and garage and into her backyard. ...more
Declaratory Judgment Not the Correct Remedy - Danping Li sued the Town of Woodbury with regard to the assessments of three properties she owned in that community. One of the counts of her complaint seeking a declaratory...more
Over the last decade, there have been numerous class actions regarding telecommunication companies’ use of railroad easements. In many of those cases, the telecommunication companies obtained permission from the railroad...more