The EPA’s recently developed “Clean Power Plan” is causing quite a bit of controversy. In a nutshell, the Plan does two things. First, the Plan requires states to adopt their own clean power plans to meet EPA greenhouse emissions reduction goals. If a state fails to adopt an emissions reduction plan that the EPA will… Read more »
This term the US Supreme Court will have the opportunity to decide whether the state can force private home assistants to join a public employee union. Recently, the Court agreed to hear arguments from appeal lawyers in Harris v Quinn. That case challenges the constitutionality of an Illinois executive order that declared personal home assistants (i.e…. Read more »
“This article discusses another vitally important procedural requirement which property owners must satisfy before their property rights claim may be heard by the courts. This is a requirement called “ripeness.” In short, the “ripeness doctrine” means that the government must have reached a final determination of the allowable use of property before a claim will… Read more »
Mention the phrase “exhaustion of administrative remedies” and every land use lawyer and property rights attorney will confirm that it is one of the most important procedural requirements for a successful case, along with the statute of limitations and the ripeness doctrine. This article will briefly explain the concept of “exhaustion of administrative remedies,” and… Read more »
