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US v. NAVAJO NATION

Contracts, Indian Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An Indian tribe's claim for compensation from the federal government, for alleged breach of trust in approval of coal lease amendments negotiated by...

CAMPANELLI v. ALLSTATE LIFE INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Actions by homeowners against an insurer for undervaluation of claims were time-barred, but were revived by California Code of Civil Procedure section...

HOSKINS v. POELSTRA

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate
A complaint arising from a city's alleged seizure and demolition of private property, including claims that a private citizen conspired with state...

TAHOE-SIERRA PRES. COUNCIL, INC. v. TAHOE REG'L PLANNING AGENCY

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A challenge to a regional planning agency's regional plan stems from the same transactional nucleus of facts as an action previously dismissed on...

INT'L ASS'N OF FIRE FIGHTERS v. CITY OF CLAYTON

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Firefighters did not have standing to bring an action alleging a city's failure to levy property taxes at a certain rate for contribution to their...

CITY OF HALF MOON BAY v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN MATEO COUNTY (YAMAGIWA)

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The California Coastal Commission does not have appellate jurisdiction to modify a local government's permit approval that was issued solely to comply...

COURT HOUSE PLAZA CO. v. GOODENOUGH

Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiff could not adequately demonstrate that it was a third party beneficiary, thus it has no standing to enforce the lease provision barring...

BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE, INC. v. GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Property taxation in the Virgin Islands is governed by a mixture of federal and territorial law, and because plaintiff has properly alleged a...

GORDON v. NORTON

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Where a Tucker Act remedy was available, the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiffs' takings claims. Endangered Species Act...

KENNEDY v. MOSSAFA

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Procedures used by a county to foreclose on a property following a tax delinquency (including attempted personal notice, posting, and publication)...