Reasonable people can disagree as to whether cameras should be allowed in the courtroom.  I personally think they should not, because cameras tend to make people do stupid things like wear Star Trek uniforms to court.  But I am willing to suspend that opinion for purposes of any oral argument that...

This continues our summary of today's oral arguments in the "ceded lands" case. The summary of the state's argument is posted here, the summary of OHA's argument is posted here, and the transcript is posted here . What Issues Are Presented? Assistant to the Solicitor General Wi...

With Love, Apple Pie: die laatste twee woorden moeten eigenlijk al volstaan om u blindelings op deze taart te willen werpen. En dan schrijft Joy daar nog eens bij: with love. Met de smaak van uw voedsel is het overigens gesteld zoals met de groei van uw planten: een beetje liefde verricht wonderen. ...

Thanks to James Lawlor of the Land Use Legal Report for letting us know that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review Ocean Harbor Homeowners Ass'n v. California Coastal Comm'n , 163 Cal. App. 4th 215, 77 Cal. Rptr. 432 (2008). In that case, the California Court of Appeals held that the...

we’re back, and anxious as ever! this is the long-time-coming call-out for anxiety zine number two!!! we had a lot of fun making the last zine and we got overwhelmingly nice feedback from lots of anxious heroes, so we wanna keep sharing our struggles and supporting each other with stories, comics,...

Counsel works hard to perfect the record for the appeal.  They ensure that the appellate court receives the reporter's transcripts from the proceedings where the legal error occurred as well as the necessary trial motions and trial court orders. Now, with the record before the Court, counsel ende...

Thanks to Professor Patty Salkin's Law of the Land blog for letting us know that on January 14, 2009, the New York Court of Appeals (that state's highest court) will be hearing oral arguments in Aspen Creek Estates, Ltd. v. Town of Brookhaven, a case challenging a municipality's ability ...

What if Kevin Bacon created a cheesy television hidden camera show ala Punk’d? It would look something like this. Written by Human Giant/Crank Yankers writer Eric Appel and starring Kevin Bacon, Funny Or Die takes aim at the prank/reality show genre with — BACON’D! Watch More Cool ...

Following up on this post, where we pointed out several errors in a headline and subheadline in a Honolulu Star-Bulletin story on the Hawaii Supreme Court's landmark eminent domain decision in County of Hawaii v. C & J Coupe Family Limited Partnership , No. 28882 (Dec. 24, 2008), the Star-Bu...

We aren't officially an "environmental law" blog, and when we do cover the issue, it is mostly on the periphery.  However, in 2008, we hit a couple of significant issues that had some relevance to land use law.  First, in the U.S. Supreme Court's first decision of the T...