Federal Takings Blog

True North Law files motion for partial summary judgment on behalf of 214 Sarasota landowners and anticipates the Court will receive this favorably with a prompt decision.

U.S. Court of Federal Claims issues a decision in favor of the landowners represented by True North Law Thor Hearne and True North Law represent about a dozen landowners in southern Florida whose property was taken by the federal government to create a public recreational rail-trail.  After a successful appeal, the trial judge has now ruled in...

In Tyler v. Hennepin County the Supreme Court will consider an important Fifth Amendment taking question. Later this month the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in an important Fifth Amendment taking case from the Eighth Circuit, Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota. In this case, a Minnesota county foreclosed on and sold a homeowner’s condo...

American Bar Association Preview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases On April 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in an important property-rights case – Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota – involving home equity theft.  Steve’s article provides information on the background of the case, the homeowner who brought the case, the relevant law, and...

On February 3rd, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in favor of the property owners – the Thomas family – in Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC v. 18.27 Acres of Land in Levy County, et al. (Sabal Trail v. Thomas Family).  The court’s ruling was a total win for the landowners and will help landowners in natural gas pipeline...

True North Law filed a lawsuit on behalf of landowners whose property the federal government took for the Great Redwood Trail.  The lawsuit was filed in the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington DC.  The lawsuit is available here. The complaint provides an extensively researched history of the land the federal government took for...

On November 30, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Wilkins v. United States, a lawsuit brought by private property owners in Montana against the federal government.  True North Law’s Steve Davis breaks down the case in this article published in the American Bar Association’s Preview magazine.  Steve explains how a dispute about a...