Cases

• Abandoned Property
  • City of Danville v. C.A. Collins Enterprises, LLC 2023 IL App (5^th) 220345 (2023)
• Affordable Housing
  • Move Eden Housing v. City of Livermore, 100 Cal. App. 5th 263 (2024)
• Design Review
  • Burns v. Town of Palm Beach, 999 F.3d 1317 (11th Cir. 2021), cert. denied, 142 S. Ct. 1361 (2022)
• Exactions
  • Anderson Creek Partners, L.P. v. Cnty. of Harnett, 876 S.E.2d 476 (N.C. 2022)
  • Symes Dev. & Permitting LLC v. Town of Concord, 2022 WL 95945 (D. Mass. Jan. 10, 2022)
• Fair Housing Act:
  • Brookline Opportunities, LLC v. Town of Brookline, 2023 WL 4405659  (U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire. 2023)
  • Ohio House, LLC v. City of Costa Mesa, 122 F.4th 1097 (9^th Cir.) (2024)
  • Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project Inc., 2015 WL 2473449 (Sup. Ct. 2015)
• Historic Preservation:
  • Kirwan v City of Deadwood, 990 N.W.2d 108 (S.D. 2023)
  • Hamilton Southside Historic Preservation Association v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of City of Hamilton, 531 P.3d 584 (MT 2023)
• Impact Fees:
  • Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, California, 144 S. Ct. 893 (2024)
• Local Transportation Planning:
  • City of Cornelius v. Department of Land Conservation and Development, 331 Or.App. 349 (2024)
• Marijuana
  • Green Genie, Inc. v. City of Detroit 63 F.4th 521 (6th Cir. 2023)
• Moratoria:
  • Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 122 S.Ct. 1465 (2002)
    • Commentary by Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute
    • Commentary by Edward J. Sullivan
    • Commentary by Peter Salsich
    • Commentary by Mike Berger
• Public Use:
  • Kelo et. al. v. City of New London et al., 545 U.S. 469 (2005)
  • Connecticut Supreme Court Opinion at 843 A.2d 500 (2004) (cert. granted)
  • Briefs can be found at www.ij.org
• Rezoning:
  • Campbell Woods Homeowners’ Association, Inc. v. Village of Mt. Pleasant, 2021 WL 115453 (Wis. App. 2021)
• Ripeness:
  • Knick v. Township of Scott, 139 S. Ct. 2163 (2019)
  • Pakdel v. City & County of San Francisco, 141 S. Ct. 2226 (2021)
• RLUIPA:
  • New Harvest Christian Fellowship v. City of Salinas, 29 F.4th 599 (9th Cir. 2022)
  • Vision Warriors Church, Inc. v. Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, 2024 WL 125969 (C.D. CA  2023)
  • Way v. City of Santa Ana, 2023 WL 4680804 (C.D. CA  2023)
  • Word Seed Church v. Village of Hazel Crest, 111 F.4th 814 (2024)
  • Zubik v. City of Pittsburgh Civil Action No. 20-1809 (Western District PA 2025)
• Short-Term Rentals:
  • Diamond Sands Apartments, LLC v. Clark Cnty., No. 2:25-CV-00137-ART-NJK (D. Nev. Apr. 25, 2025)
  • Hignell v. City of New Orleans, Slip Copy 2024 WL 838217 (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana 2024).
  • Hignell-Stark v. City of New Orleans, 46 F.4th 317 (5th Cir. 2022)
  • South Lake Tahoe Property Owners Group v. City of South Lake Tahoe, 92. Cal. App. 5^th 735 (2023)
• Sign Regulation:
  • Adams Outdoor Advertising Limited Partnership v. City of Madison, 56 F.4th 1111 (7th Cir. 2023)
  • City of Austin, Texas v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC, 142 S. Ct. 1464 (2022)
  • Reagan National Advertising of Austin Incorporated v City of Austin, 2023 WL 2702582 (5th Cir. 2023)
  • Reed v. Town of Gilbert, 135 S.Ct. 2218 (2015)
• Split Zoning
  • 3000-3032 St. Claude Avenue, LLC v. City of New Orleans, 2022-0812 (La.App. 4 Cir. 6/22/23)
• Standing
  • N. Branford Citizens Against Bulk Propane Storage v. Town of N. Branford, 230 Conn. App. 335, 336, 330 A.3d 196, 199 (2025)
• Standing for Associations:
  • Sierra Club v. Clay County Board of Adjustment, 959 N.W.2d 615 (S.D. 2021)
• Takings:
  • Becker v. City of Hillsboro, 125 F.4^th 844 (8th Cir.) (2025)
  • Coalition for Fairness v. City of New York, No. 2023-05338 (N.Y. App. Div. 2024)
  • Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, 141 S. Ct. 2063 (2021)
  • City of Las Vegas v. 180 Land Co. LLC, 546 P.3d 1239 (2024)
  • Murr v. Wisconsin, 2017 WL 2694699 (U.S. 2017)
    • Commentary by Edward J. Sullivan
  • Southern California Edison v. Orange County Transportation Authority, 96 F.4th 1099 (2024)
  • Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, 133 S.Ct. 2586 (2013)

• Telecommunications Siting
  • Cellco Partnership v White Deer Township Zoning Hearing Board, 74 F.4th 96  (3rd Cir. CA. 2023)
• Transit-Accessible Housing
  • Attorney General v. Town of Milton, No. SJC-13580 (Mass. 2024)
• Transfer of Development Rights
  • City of New York v. Eman Realty Corp., 152 N.Y.S.3d 734 (App. Div. 2021)
• Vested Rights
  • Carson v. Brown, 883 S.E.2d 908 (Ga. App. 2023)
• Wind Energy:
  • Ehlebracht v. Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC, 972 N.W.2d 477 (S.D. 2022)

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