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<title>Kansas High Court Says Local Wind Farm Prohibition Not Preempted By Federal Law</title>
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<![CDATA[TOPEKA, Kan. - The Kansas Supreme Court on Oct. 30 affirmed in part a lower court decision that a local municipality's prohibition on large commercial wind farms is lawful and not preempted by federal law (Roger Zimmerman, et al., v. Board of County Commissioners of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, No. 98,487, Kan. Sup.; 2009 Kan. 1073). 
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<title>Ohio High Court: OK For Town To Use County Comprehensive Plan To Develop Zoning</title>
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<![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Supreme Court on Nov. 12 reversed and remanded a state appeals court decision regarding a local municipality's denial of a business owner's zoning change application and held that the local municipality's use of its county's comprehensive plan without developing its own is valid under a certain Ohio law (B.J. Alan Company, D.B.A. Phantom Fireworks, et al. v. Congress Township Board of Zoning Appeals, et al., No. 2008-0306, Ohio Sup.; 2009 Ohio LEXIS 3175). 
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<title>Tennessee Federal Judge Dismisses, Remands Shooting Range Owner's Zoning Dispute</title>
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<![CDATA[GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - After finding that a municipality had not violated a property owner's rights when it refused to grant a variance to operate an outdoor shooting range, a federal judge in Tennessee on Oct. 27 reversed and remanded the case, noting that only the dismissed due process claim fell under the District Court's removal jurisdiction (J.C. Greene v. Hamblen County Board of Zoning Appeals, et al., No. 09-cv-00077, E.D. Tenn.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99856). 
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<title>N.J. Panel: Preference For Land Use Planning Is By Ordinance, Not By Variance</title>
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<![CDATA[TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey appeals panel on Nov. 13 affirmed a lower court's approval of a town's denial of a use variance and found that the town's zoning board of appeals' action was not arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable (Children's Property, L.L.C., v. The Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township of Woodbridge, No. A-6308-07T3, N.J. Sup., App. Div.; 2009 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2830). 
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<title>In Pa. Federal Court Landowner Seeks Rent For Wind Farm Building On Easement</title>
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<![CDATA[SCRANTON, Pa. - A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Nov. 10 granted in part a landowner's motion to compel discovery for certain information in a rental dispute over an operations and maintenance building constructed on an easement as part of a wind energy farm (Panther Mountain Lodge v. Waymart Wind Farm, L.P., No. 08-cv-00755, M.D. Pa.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 104794). 
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<title>Kentucky Appeals Panel: Couple Abandoned Easement By Not Fixing Septic System</title>
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<![CDATA[FRANKFORT, Ky. - In a Nov. 13 unpublished opinion, a Kentucky appellate panel affirmed a lower court decision terminating a septic system easement and held that because the easement-holding couple had not repaired the septic system four years after the initial malfunction, they had abandoned the easement (Jimmy Crum, et al. v. Clyde Perry, et al., No. 2009-CA-000010-MR, Ky. App.; 2009 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 957). 
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<title>Mass. Panel Affirms Prescriptive Easement, Says Use Of Shortcut Was Notorious</title>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON - In an unpublished opinion, a Massachusetts appeals court panel on Nov. 12 affirmed a lower court decision and held that because a woman, her family and certain of her neighbors' use of a commercial property as a shortcut for more than 20 years was known by the property's then owner, they had a prescriptive easement to continue using the commercial property as a shortcut (Anna Christina Wolfe v. Gerald P. Atkins, Sr., Trustee, No. 08-P-2065, Mass. App.; 2009 Mass. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1177). 
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<title>Ind. Appeals Panel: Road Not Used By Public For 20 Years Is Not A Public Road</title>
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<![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS - An Indiana appeals court panel on Nov. 16 reversed a lower court determination that a road was public and held that the road was private because, among other reasons, there was no 20-year period during which the public had unfettered use of the road (Jerold Jackson, et al. v. The Board of Commissioners of the County of Monroe, No. 53A05-0901-CV-20, Ind. App.; 2009 Ind. App. LEXIS 2440). 
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<title>Kentucky Federal Judge Denies Motion To Order Railroad To Improve Crossing</title>
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<![CDATA[BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A federal judge in Kentucky on Nov. 16 denied a property lessee's motion for a preliminary injunction in which it asked the court to order a railroad company to improve a crossing and held that the lessee had not demonstrated a strong likelihood of success on the merits (Ohio River Trading Co., Inc. v. CSX Transportation, Inc., No. 09-cv-00125, W.D. Ky.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106984). 
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<title>Missouri High Court: Landowners' Easement Burden Should Be Carefully Defined</title>
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<![CDATA[JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri's high court on Nov. 17 agreed with a lower court's determination that an easement between two parcels of farmland existed but remanded the case and ordered the lower court to enter a more definite description of the location of the easement (Charles Robert Watson, et al. v. Robert K. Mense, et al., No. SC89936, Mo. Sup.; 2009 Mo. LEXIS 533). 
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<title>1st Circuit Panel: Local Decision Is 'Final Action' Under Telecommunication Act</title>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON - A First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 3 affirmed a lower court's ruling that a municipality had violated the Telecommunications Act of 1996 when it denied a wireless telephone provider's variance application, and the panel stated that as an issue of first impression, the municipality's denial was a final action even though the wireless provider could have appealed to a state court (Omnipoint Holdings, Inc., v. City of Cranston, et al., No. 08-2491, 1st Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 24108). 
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<title>Fla. Federal Judge: Denial Of Cell Tower Was Not Supported By Written Report</title>
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<![CDATA[JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A federal judge in Florida on Nov. 17 granted a wireless telecommunications company's motion for summary judgment regarding a municipality's denial of an application to construct a cell tower and held that the municipality had violated the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 because the decision was not supported by substantial evidence contained in a written record (Verizon Wireless Personal Communications LP doing business as Verizon Wireless v. City of Jacksonville, Florida, No 08-cv-01197, M.D. Fla.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107281). 
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<title>Group Says Utility Poles Are Contamination Source</title>
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<![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO - The Ecological Rights Foundation (ERF) filed an amended complaint against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. on Sept. 13, claiming the company violated the Clean Water Act by allegedly discharging pollutants from numerous power poles in four California counties (Ecological Rights Foundation v. Pacific Gas and Electric Co., No. 09-03704, N.D. Calif.). 
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<title>Miss. Federal Judge: Citizen Group's Clean Water Act Suit Not Barred</title>
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<![CDATA[GULFPORT, Miss. - A federal judge in Mississippi on Nov. 16 denied a developer's motion to dismiss a citizen group's Clean Water Act allegations and held that the suit is not barred because, among other reasons, no government entity has also sued the developer (Gulf Restoration Network v. Hancock County Development, LLC, No. 08-cv-00186, S.D. Miss.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106630). 
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<title>Iowa Appeals Panel: Family Owns Property Abandoned By County In The 1950s</title>
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<![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa appeals court panel on Nov. 12 reversed and remanded a lower court decision and held that a family owned a property that a county had abandoned in the 1950s and, therefore, the county could not sell it (Michael A. Witte v. Page Seidel, et al., No. 9-638/08-1810, Iowa App.; 2009 Iowa App. LEXIS 1482). 
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<title>Alaska Village's Global Warming Claims Dismissed By Federal Judge</title>
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<![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO - A California federal judge on Sept. 30 dismissed claims against oil companies and power companies that global warming is destroying an Alaskan village for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and Article III standing (Native Village of Kivalina, et al. v. ExxonMobil Corp., et al., No. 08-1138, N.D. Calif.). 
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<title>Missouri Court Reverses Ruling For Sellers Dismissing Misrepresentation Claims</title>
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<![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Missouri appeals court on Oct. 13 reversed a ruling granting a motion to dismiss filed by the former owners of a home that allegedly flooded and contained mold, finding that the seller's real estate agent had the authority to provide the financer of the sale with disclosures on the property (William B. White v. Doris Bowman, et al., No. SD29631, Mo. App., 2nd Dist., Div. 2; 2009 Mo. App. LEXIS 1442). 
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<title>Michigan Court Reverses Ruling Allowing Purchaser Of Home To Rescind Contract</title>
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<![CDATA[TROY, Mich. - A Michigan appeals court on Oct. 13 reversed a ruling for the purchaser of a home that contained mold and other issues, finding that the trial court erred in ruling that the purchase contract could be rescinded on the basis of mutual mistake between the homeowner and seller in relation to the condition of the home (Antoinette Hunt v. Elephant Real Estate Inc., et. al., No. 284663, Mich. App.; 2009 Mich. App. LEXIS 2109). 
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<title>Tenn. High Court Reduces Road Contractor's Punitive Damages To $500,000</title>
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<![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee's high court on Nov. 3 reversed an appeals court decision and found that a jury properly considered state environmental laws when reviewing a road construction company's actions regarding certain damages to a private property used as a fill area during a highway project but reduced a $1 million punitive damage against the company to $500,000, holding that the award was excessive and violated the contractor's due process rights (David Goff, et al. v. Elmo Greer &amp; Sons Construction Co., Inc., No. M2006-02660-SC-R11-CV, Tenn. Sup.; 2009 Tenn. LEXIS 701). 
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<title>5th Circuit Panel: No Discriminatory Intent Shown In FHA Case Against City</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - In a Fair Housing Act case, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 13 affirmed a lower court decision and held that a developer failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether a municipality's actions were motivated by discriminatory intent or caused a significant discriminatory effect (Artisan/American Corp., et al. v. The City of Alvin, No. 09-20174, 5th Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 24968). 
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<title>3rd Circuit Panel Overturns Dismissal Of Suit Accusing Lender Of Kickback Scheme</title>
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<![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA - A class action lawsuit that accuses a mortgage lender of implementing a mortgage insurance captive reinsurance kickback scheme was revived by a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 28 (Mary Alston, et al. v. Countrywide Financial Corp., et al., No. 08-4334, 3rd Cir.; See September 2009). 
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<title>Federal Judge In Pa. Says Claims Unripe, Ends Church's Homeless Shelter Suit</title>
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<![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA - Finding that a case was unripe because no final local zoning board decision had been reached, a federal judge in Pennsylvania on Nov. 13 dismissed a church's case accusing the municipality of violating the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and other federal and state laws by not allowing the church to operate a homeless shelter (Shenkel United Church of Christ v. North Coventry Township, No. 09-cv-01823, E.D. Pa.; 2009 U.S Dist. LEXIS 106314). 
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<title>Appeal Of Class Certification Denial In Real Estate Action Denied As Moot</title>
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<![CDATA[CINCINNATI - A Kentucky couple's appeal of the denial of class certification in a suit involving a fraudulent real estate scheme is moot following the plaintiff's settlement and release of all claims against the defendants, a panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 27 (Calvin R. Pettrey, et al. v. Enterprise Title Agency, et al., No. 08-4125, 6th Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 23600). 
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<title>9th Circuit Says It Lacks Jurisdiction To Hear Statute Of Limitations Appeal</title>
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<![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO - A panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 5 that it lacked jurisdiction to hear an appeal of an equitable tolling ruling regarding a quit claim deed transfer in a bankruptcy case, saying that it did not want to create an "asymmetric" rule permitting appellate jurisdiction whenever a lower court rejected a statute of limitations defense (Congrejo Investments v. Diane M. Mann [In Re: William P. Bender], No. 08-15027, Chapter 7, 9th Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 24347). 
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<title>FTC: Michigan Realtors' Group Unlawfully Restricted Access To Listings</title>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Oct. 30 ruled that a Michigan multiple listing service (MLS) violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act by refusing to transmit discount real estate brokerages' listings to its own and other Web sites (In the Matter of Realcomp II, Ltd., No. 9320, FTC). 
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<title>Home Inspector Asks Nev. Federal Judge To Rethink Ruling On Champerty Claim</title>
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<![CDATA[LAS VEGAS - A Nevada federal court exceeded its authority in granting a homebuilder summary judgment on its claim for champerty and in finding that state law requires licenses for certain kinds of inspections, a home inspector argues in a Sept. 28 motion for reconsideration (Del Webb Communities, Inc. v. Charles Leslie Partington d/b/a M.C. Mojave Construction, et al., No. 2:08-cv-00571, D. Nev.). 
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<title>10th Circuit Panel Says Land Owner Has No Standing To Sue Over Old Cell Antenna</title>
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<![CDATA[DENVER - A 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel in an Oct. 14 unpublished opinion affirmed a lower court finding that a property owner does not have standing to bring a trespassing suit against a cell phone antenna owner because the antenna was in place on a utility tower within an easement before the current owner bought the property (John J. Gates v. Sprint Spectrum, L.P., et al., No. 08-3003, 10th Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 22518). 
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<title>Florida Panel Says Common Area Of Condominium Cannot Be Sold Into Private Hands</title>
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<![CDATA[MIAMI - A Florida appeals court panel on Oct. 14 reversed a lower court decision that allowed a pair of investors to purchase a common area of a condominium at a public tax sale (Village of Doral Place Association, Inc. v. RU4Real, Inc., et al., No. 3D08-944., 3rd Dist., Fla. App.; 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 15540). 
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<title>Ky. Appeals Panel: Deceased's Alleged Oral Easement Contract Is Not Enforceable</title>
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<![CDATA[FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Kentucky appeals court panel on Oct. 16 affirmed a lower court's decision denying a married couple's attempt to enforce an easement for their use of a road over their deceased neighbor's property because they did not have a valid written agreement (Harry Jones, et al. v. Teresa Sparks, et al., No. 2008-CA-002006-MR, Ky. App.; 2009 Ky. App. LEXIS 200). 
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<title>Pennsylvania Federal Judge: Cell Phone Company Failed To Prove Coverage Gap</title>
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<![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA - A federal magistrate judge in Pennsylvania on Sept. 29 held that a municipality's denial of a cellular phone company's variance application to erect a cellular communications tower did not result in a prohibition of services in violation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 because the company failed to prove that there was a coverage gap in the municipality (New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC v. Zoning Hearing Board of Weisenberg Township, et al., No. 06-cv-02932, E.D. Pa.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89654; See December 2008). 
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<title>9th Circuit: Facts Preclude Decision That City Violated Telecommunications Act</title>
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<![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO - The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 14 reversed and remanded a lower court's finding that the municipality's denial of a permit to build a telecommunications tower constituted a prohibition on the provision of wireless service, holding that there are issues of material fact that preclude the district court's decision (Sprint PCS Assets, LLC v. City of Palos Verdes Estates, et al., No. 05-56106, 9th Cir.; 2009 U. S. App. LEXIS 22514). 
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<title>Pennsylvania Federal Judge: Town Is Immune From Suit Over Zoning Change</title>
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<![CDATA[SCRANTON, Pa. - After a business owner sued a local municipality, alleging that it had violated his due process and other rights when it changed the zoning of his property so that his dog kennel business became a noncompliance, a federal judge in Pennsylvania's order was filed on Oct. 2 granting the municipality's motion to dismiss, holding, among other things, that it was immune under the Pennsylvania Subdivision Tort Claims Act (Costanzo Cerino v. Towamensing Township, et al., No. 09-cv-00812, M.D. Pa., 2009 U.S. Dist. 90961). 
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<title>Conn. Panel: Owner Caused Her Own Hardship When She Bought Unbuildable Property</title>
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<![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. - A Connecticut appeals court panel on Oct. 14 affirmed a trial court decision denying a variance to a property owner, holding that the property owner knew when the land was purchased that it was not a legally developable lot (Christine Cimino v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Woodbridge, No. AC 29251, Conn. App.; 1009 Conn. App. LEXIS 450). 
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<title>4th Circuit: Developer Failed To Show He Was Similarly Situated To Others</title>
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<![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. - In an unpublished opinion issued Oct. 15, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a lower court's summary judgment in favor of a municipality and said that a developer's equal protection claims regarding the time it took to approve his zoning change application failed because he had not raised a genuine issue of material fact as to whether he was similarly situated to other zoning applicants (David J. Sowers v. Powhatan County, Virginia, et al., No. 08-1633, 4th Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 22676). 
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<title>N.J. Panel Affirms, Says Developers Did Not Exhaust Administrative Remedies</title>
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<![CDATA[TRENTON, N.J. - In an unpublished opinion on Oct. 16, a New Jersey appeals panel affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a pair of developers' challenge to the zoning of their property and agreed with the trial judge's finding that the developers failed to exhaust their administrative remedies (New Horizon Investment Corp., et al. v. Mayor and Municipal Council of the Township of Belleville, et al., No. A1596-07T3, N.J. Super., App. Div.; 2009 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2580). 
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<title>N.J. Panel Says Equitable Estoppel Precludes City From Rescinding Zoning Permit</title>
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<![CDATA[TRENTON, N.J. - In an unpublished opinion, a New Jersey appeals panel on Oct. 16 affirmed a lower court's finding that equitable estoppel precluded a municipality from rescinding certain previously approved building permits after a developer began a project based on the assumed good faith of the municipality's approval (Joel A. Mott III v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of City of Ocean City, et al., No. A-1584-08T1, N.J. Super., App. Div.; 2009 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2586). 
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<title>N.H. High Court Affirms Denial Of Appeal Filed 2 Days After Filing Deadline</title>
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<![CDATA[CONCORD, N.H. - The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Oct. 20 affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a married couple's challenge of their neighbor's use variance, holding that the challenge was untimely filed (Joanne Radziewicz, et al., v. Town of Hudson, No. 2009-085, N.H. Sup.; 2009 N.H. LEXIS 117). 
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<title>N.C. Panel Affirms, Says Rezoning Of Property Was Not Illegal 'Spot Zoning'</title>
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<![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. - A North Carolina Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 20 affirmed a lower court's grant of summary judgment to a municipality on a pair of property owners' challenge to the satellite annexation and rezoning of certain properties, holding that the trial court did not err in finding that the rezoning did not entail "spot zoning" (Christopher A. Musi, et al., v. The Town of Shallotte, et al., No. 07-CVS-954, N.C. App.; 2009 N.C. App. LEXIS 1643). 
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<title>Calif. Panel: Municipal Officials' Statements Cannot Be Used To Obtain Estoppel</title>
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<![CDATA[LOS ANGELES - In an unpublished opinion on Oct.19, a California appeals panel reversed a lower court finding and held that although certain municipal employees had wrongly assured a business owner that his proposed use of a property would be approved, the business owner could not obtain estoppel based on those statements (Triumph Transport, Inc. v. City of Bellflower, et al., No. B209586, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., Div 7; 2009 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 8285). 
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<title>N.J. Panel: Lead, Asbestos Costs Properly Considered In Just Compensation Case</title>
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<![CDATA[TRENTON, N.J. - In an unpublished opinion, a New Jersey appeals court panel on Oct. 16 affirmed a lower court jury's $5.6 million award for just compensation and held that the trial judge properly determined that evidence of lead and asbestos removal costs was admissible to determine the actual value of the property (New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation v. Warminster Investments Corporation, a/k/a Warminster Investment Corporation, No. A-5319-07T1, N.J. App.; 2009 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2588). 
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<title>No Environmental Impact Study Needed For Wind Energy Law, N.Y. Justice Says</title>
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<![CDATA[PENN YAN, NY - A trial court justice in New York on Oct. 8 dismissed a local association's suit against a municipality and a pair of wind energy companies and held that in rezoning an area for wind energy development, the municipality is not required to perform certain state mandated environmental impact studies because those studies are not required until an actual project is proposed (Finger Lakes Preservation Association v. Town Board, Town of Italy, et al., N.Y. Sup., Yates Co.; 2009 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2760). 
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<title>5th Circuit Panel Reverses Order Dismissing Tort Claims For Climate Change Damage</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - A unanimous Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 16 said residents of the Mississippi coast have standing to sue the coal, petroleum and chemical industries for property damage resulting from Hurricane Katrina because of the companies' alleged contributions to climate change are compensable under theories of nuisance, negligence and trespass (Ned Comer, et al. v. Murphy Oil USA, et al., No. 07-60756, 5th Cir.). 
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<title>EPA Put On Notice Of Suit Over Steam Generator Limits</title>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club have notified the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that they planned to sue the agency for failing to review the effluent limitations for steam electric power generators since 1982. 
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<title>Ohio Court Finds Sellers Had No Duty To Disclose Mold In 'As Is' Home Sale</title>
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<![CDATA[CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - An Ohio appeals panel on Sept. 14 found that the sellers of a home had no duty to disclose mold and water issues during an "as is" sale, reversing a ruling granting a negligent misrepresentation claim in favor of the purchasers (Timothy Mynes, et al. v. Otis R. Brooks, et al., No. 08CA3211, Ohio App., 4th Dist.; 2009 Ohio App. LEXIS 4241). 
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<title>Judge Denies Summary Judgment On Claims That Seller Misrepresented Mold Damage</title>
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<![CDATA[MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - A Connecticut judge on Aug. 13 denied summary judgment on various causes of action asserted by the purchaser of a home, alleging that the seller misrepresented that the home did not contain mold and water damage and breached the contract of sale and finding that the issues should be concluded by a trier of fact (Heather Stone v. Mary Walsh, No. CV085005292S, Conn. Super.; 2009 Conn. Super. LEXIS 2297). 
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<title>Settlement Of Property Damage Claims Against Steel Company Affirmed On Appeal</title>
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<![CDATA[CINCINNATI - A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 22 affirmed the approval of a $4.45 million class action settlement that resolved claims that the operator of a Detroit-area steel plant damaged surrounding residents' property through the discharge of metal-like dust and flakes (Malcolm Moulton, et al. v. United States Steel Corp., Nos. 08-2311, 08-2312, 6th Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 20896). 
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<title>Panel Orders Judge To Grant Association's Motion To Compel Appraisal</title>
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<![CDATA[WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Finding that the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (FIGA) properly raised and asserted its appraisal rights, a Florida appeals panel on Sept. 30 reversed a trial judge and remanded for the judge to grant FIGA's motion to compel the appraisal of homeowners' hurricane damages (Florida Insurance Guaranty Association Inc. v. Jorge and Helena Castilla, No. 4D09-103, Fla. App., 4th Dist.; 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 14510). 
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<title>U.S. High Court Hears Transfer Of Federal Park Land With Latin Cross Arguments</title>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - Parties in a dispute over Congress' passing of a law to transfer government-owned property containing a Latin cross to private hands to correct a separation of church and state constitutional violation presented oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 7 on whether the law violates an injunction enjoining the government from permitting the display of the cross (Ken L. Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, et al, v. Frank Buono, No. 08-472, U.S. Sup.; See February 2009). 
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<title>N.Y. Federal Judge: Title Insurance Policy Claim Issues Ready For Trial</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York in a Sept. 29 order held that there are genuine issues of material fact as to whether a real estate title insurance company waived its right to deny coverage under a title insurance policy in a case where an earlier court had held that the company and shareholder bringing the claim did not hold interest in the mortgage to the property covered by the policy (Stonewell Corp., et al. v. Conestoga Title Insurance Co., et al., No. 04-09867, S.D. N.Y.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88563.). 
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<title>Conspiracy, Price-Fixing Claims Precluded By Filed Rate Doctrine, Judge Holds</title>
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<![CDATA[The filed rate doctrine bars a private action brought by purchasers of title insurance that alleged that title insurers violated antitrust laws by conspiring to fix title insurance rates that had been filed with and approved by a state agency, a federal judge in New Jersey ruled Oct. 5 in granting the insurers' motion to dismiss without prejudice (In re: New Jersey Title Insurance Litigation, No. 08-1425, D. N.J.). 
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<title>Florida Panel: Homeowners Policy Exclusion Is Ambiguous; Trial Court Erred</title>
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<![CDATA[WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida appeals court panel on Oct. 7 reversed and remanded a lower court decision and found that the trial judge erred when he held that a homeowners insurance policy excluded the cost of repairing a plumbing leak that caused earth movement because there was an earth movement exclusion in the policy (Margaret Liebel f/k/a Margaret Kennedy v. Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida, No. 4D08-3356, Fla. App., 4th Dist.; 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 14938). 
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<title>Ponzi Scheme Receiver Properly Stated Fraudulent Transfer Claim, Judge Rules</title>
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<![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah federal judge on Aug. 26 denied a motion to dismiss in a case brought by the receiver of an alleged Ponzi scheme seeking the return of assets from a holding company, holding that the receiver properly established jurisdiction and properly stated a fraudulent transfer claim (Robert G. Wing, et al. v. Apex Holding Company, LLC, et al., No. 2:09-CV-00022, D. Utah). 
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<title>Texas Landowners Sue Developer For Fraud, RICO Violations</title>
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<![CDATA[DALLAS - Two Lake Whitney, Texas, property owners filed a class action lawsuit in federal court on Sept. 22, accusing the developer of their property of unlawfully pocketing payments intended to benefit property owners (Betty Bridgewater, et al. v. Double Diamond-Delaware Inc., et al., No. 3:09-cv-1758, N.D. Texas). 
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<title>Group Says Local Energy Efficiency Building Code Is Preempted By Federal Law</title>
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<![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A group of businesses and trade associations on Sept. 4 moved for partial summary judgment of a number of claims challenging local building ordinances aimed at energy conservation, alleging that the local ordinances are preempted by federal law (The Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute, et al. v. City of Albuquerque, No. 08-cv-00633, D. N.M.). 
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<title>Calif. Panel: Storage Of Lead-Contaminated Sewer Trench Soil Was Public Purpose</title>
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<![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In an unpublished opinion, a California appeals panel on Aug. 27 affirmed a lower court finding that a municipality had taken a homeowner's property for a public use without just compensation when the municipality dumped lead-contaminated soil dug from the same homeowner's property during a sewer project (City of Lincoln v. Tracy D. Estridge, et al., No. C059750, Calif. App., 3rd Dist.; 2009 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6942). 
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<title>Kansas High Court: Temporary Property Damage Amounts To Inverse Condemnation</title>
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<![CDATA[TOPEKA, Kan. - The Kansas Supreme Court on Sept. 4 reversed an appeals court decision and held that a city was required to provide just compensation for damage to an estate's property caused by the city's road construction project that changed storm water drainage in the area (Estate of Archie Kirkpatrick v. The City of Olathe, Kansas, et al., Nos. 96,229 and 96,981, Kan. Sup.; 2009 Kan. LEXIS 839). 
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<title>Ohio Appeals Panel: County Not Immune From Suit In Storm-Water System Collapse</title>
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<![CDATA[MIDDLETOWN, Ohio - An Ohio appeals court panel on Sept. 8 affirmed a lower court's denial of a municipality's immunity motion in an action where the municipality is being sued for, among other things, creating a nuisance when it required developers to link their storm-water systems into a privately owned storm-water pipe that later failed (State of Ohio ex rel. River City Capital, L.P. v. Board of Clermont County Commissioners, et al., No. CA2008-12-110, Ohio App., 12th Dist.; 2009 Ohio App. LEXIS 3966). 
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<title>Federal Judge In Pa. Allows Government's Taking Of Land For Flight 93 Memorial</title>
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<![CDATA[JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A federal judge on Sept. 8 granted the United States' motion for delivery of possession of land in Pennsylvania under the power of eminent domain to develop a memorial in Somerset County, Pa., at the site where Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001 (United States of America v. 275.1 Acres Of Land, More Or Less, Situated In Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al., No. 9-233J, W.D. Pa.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81184). 
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<title>Colo. Panel Says Pipeline Company Has Power Of Eminent Domain</title>
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<![CDATA[DENVER - In a case of first impression, a Colorado appeals court panel on Sept. 17 affirmed a lower court decision granting a pipeline company's condemnation of a pair of easements and held that although the term "pipeline company" is not defined in Colorado statutes, there is sufficient case law that defines the term, and the company condemning the easements meets those definitions and, therefore, has eminent domain power (Sinclair Transportation Company, d/b/a/ Sinclair Pipeline, a Wyoming Corporation v. Lauren Sandberg, et al., No. 08CA1249, Colo. App., Div. VI; 2009 Colo. App. LEXIS 1671). 
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<title>1st Circuit: Land Value Expert Lacked Support For Development Potential</title>
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<![CDATA[BOSTON - A trial judge correctly excluded an expert's valuation of land being taken by the federal government because he lacked support for his conclusion that the protected coastal property would be rezoned for residential development or that sand could be extracted and sold, a First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Sept. 11 (United States of America v. 33.92356 Acres of land, et al., No. 08-2263, 1st Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 20291). 
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<title>S.C. High Court Majority: Land Between Roads In Right Of Way Has Value</title>
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<![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. - A South Carolina Supreme Court majority reversed and remanded a lower court decision on Sept. 21, holding that a median between two roads within an abandoned railroad right of way was not without value because under a local ordinance, the median could be used for certain properties' signage (Eddie Wayne Eldridge, et al. v. South Carolina Department of Transportation, No. 26726, S.C. Sup.; 2009 S.C. LEXIS 454). 
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<title>4th Circuit Panel: Adult- Oriented Business' Free Speech Rights Not Violated</title>
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<![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. - In an unpublished opinion, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 28 affirmed a lower court decision that a county's adult-oriented-business ordinance did not violate a prospective business owner's free speech rights because, among other things, although the ordinance restricted the locations of such a business, it did allow for reasonable alternative avenues of communication (McDoogal's East, Incorporated, et al., v. The County Commissioners of Caroline County, et al., No. 07-1665, 4th Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 19373). 
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<title>Tennessee Appeals Panel: Lack Of Maintenance Does Not Mean Alley Is Not Public</title>
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<![CDATA[KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee appeals panel on Aug. 27 affirmed a lower court decision that a homeowner had a right to use an alley for access to his property, noting that although the alley's surface had degraded, the alley still belonged to the municipality and was available for use by abutting property owners (Ronald Swafford v. David and Sandy Ward, No. E2008-01014-COA-0R3-CV; 2009 Tenn. App. LEXIS 575). 
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<title>Washington Panel: Emergency Vehicle Access Not Needed For Property Enjoyment</title>
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<![CDATA[SEATTLE - In an unpublished opinion, a Washington state appeals court panel on Sept. 8 affirmed a lower court decision that an existing 10-foot-wide easement gives adequate access to a property and that a wider easement claimed as being needed for emergency vehicles is not necessary to the property owners' beneficial enjoyment of the property (Gary Stevens, et al., v. David Parker, et al., No. 62343-7-1, Wash. App., Div. I; 2009 Wash. App. LEXIS 2276). 
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<title>10th Circuit Panel Affirms, Says Railway Easement Is Public Necessity</title>
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<![CDATA[DENVER - A 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 4 affirmed a lower court finding that a railroad operator had, among other things, met its burden of proof that the condemnation of a 50-foot-wide easement was a public necessity (Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company v. A 50-Foot Wide Easement Consisting of 6.99 Acres, et al., No. 09-8003, 10th Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 19997). 
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<title>Utah Panel Affirms, Says Property Owners Hold Easement To Private Road On Plat</title>
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<![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah appeals court panel on Sept. 11 affirmed a lower court's granting of summary judgment to a couple whose property abuts a private road, holding that Utah recognizes easement rights in landowners whose property abuts roads referenced in a recorded plat (Oak Lane Homeowners Association v. Dennis L. Griffin and Renae Griffin, No. 20080084-CA; Utah App.; 2009 Utah App. LEXIS 268). 
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<title>Virginia High Court Says Terms Not In Deed Cannot Prove Easement Encroachment</title>
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<![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia's high court on Sept. 18 affirmed a lower court decision that a pair of homeowners had not encroached on their neighbors' land and held that the appealing homeowners had failed to prove the encroachment and had offered no evidence to support their contention that their lake access easement was defined by certain terms that were not included in their deed or their property's chain of title (Henry Anderson, Jr., et al. v. Michael D. Delore, et al., No. 082416, Va. Sup.; 2009 V.A. LEXIS 92). 
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<title>D.C. Appeals Court: Trial Judge Properly Kept Punitive Issue From Jury</title>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - A trial judge did not err by refusing to allow a jury to consider punitive damages in a suit over a property dispute, a District of Columbia Court of Appeals panel held Aug. 27 (Anne S. Wood v. R. Michael Newman, Nos. 07-cv-578 &amp; 07-CV-670, D.C. App.; 2009 D.C. App. LEXIS 366). 
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<title>Ala. Federal Judge: Couple Released Claims By Signing Easement Agreement</title>
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<![CDATA[MOBILE, Ala. - A judge in an Alabama federal court on Sept. 21 granted summary judgment to a gas pipeline company, holding that a couple who alleged that the company's activities damaged their property had released the company from damages when they originally sold the easement (Donald Schultz, et al. v. Southeast Supply Header, LLC, No. 09-cv-00055, S.D. Ala.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86240). 
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<title>Mich. Panel: Cell Tower Owner Has No Vested Rights In Collocation Ordinance</title>
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<![CDATA[DETROIT - In an unpublished opinion, a Michigan appeals panel on Sept. 15 affirmed a lower court decision and held that a cellular telecommunication tower owner does not have a vested right in the municipality's collocation ordinance because a nearby cellular telecommunication tower was permitted by the municipality under its power to approve a conditional use (DF Land Development, L.L.C., v. Ann Arbor Charter Township, et al., No. 287400, Mich. App.; 2009 Mich App. LEXIS 1889). 
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<title>Indiana Panel: Rights Vested With Plan Application; Amended Code Doesn't Apply</title>
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<![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS - An Indiana appeals panel on Aug. 31 affirmed a lower court decision that even though a developer had not begun construction, it had a vested right in a development before a municipality's amendment to a zoning ordinance and, therefore, was not subject to restrictions in the amended ordinance (City of New Haven, Board of Zoning Appeals v. Flying J., Inc., No. 02A03-0902-CV-74, Ind. App.; 2009 Ind. App. LEXIS 1244). 
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<title>Colo. Appeals Panel: Zoning Ordinance That Relies On Lost Map Is Unenforceable</title>
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<![CDATA[DENVER - In an issue of first instance, a Colorado appeals court panel on Sept. 3 held that because a municipality could not produce the map that was referenced in its zoning ordinance, the ordinance was unenforceable and the lower court decision enjoining a business from operating based on the ordinance was in error (Board of County Commissioners of Elbert County v. Kenneth G. Rohrbach, et al., No. 08CA1901, Colo. App.; 2009 Colo. App. LEXIS 1567). 
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<title>Minn. Panel: Denial Of Conditional Use Permit Not Supported By Facts</title>
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<![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. - After a municipality denied a conditional use permit to a business wanting to operate a recycling and composting facility, a Minnesota appeals panel on Sept. 1 reversed and remanded the board's denial, holding that it was arbitrary and not supported by the record (Buberl Recycling &amp; Compost, Inc., et al., v. Chisago County Board of Commissioners, No. A08-1958, Minn. App.; 2009 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 994). 
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<title>Mich. Panel Affirms Zoning Denial, Says Developers Challenged Zone Restrictions</title>
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<![CDATA[DETROIT - In an unpublished opinion, a Michigan appeals panel on Sept. 15 affirmed a lower court decision that a municipality properly denied a pair of developers' request to rezone an area to remove restrictions, holding that the trial court did not err when it treated the developers' claims as a challenge to the reasonableness of the restrictions (Eureka International, L.L.C., et al., v. City of Romulus, No. 284862, Mich. App.; 2009 Mich. App. LEXIS 1876). 
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<title>Zoning Dispute That Includes Due Process Claims Removed To Federal Court</title>
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<![CDATA[ALEXANDRIA, Va. - After a developer sued the municipality for allegedly denying the developer's application to rezone a property from residential to commercial use while allowing adjacent properties to be developed commercially, the municipality removed the case to a federal court in Virginia on Aug. 26 (Aquina Commercial, LLC, v. Board of Supervisors of Stafford County, Virginia, et al., No. 09-cv-00966. E.D. Va.). 
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<title>New Jersey Panel Says Local Billboard Zoning Ordinance Unconstitutional</title>
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<![CDATA[MORRISTOWN, N.J. - In an unpublished opinion, a New Jersey appeals court panel on Sept. 8 reversed a trial court's decision regarding the constitutionality of a local billboard zoning ordinance and held that the ordinance was unconstitutional because, among other reasons, it restricts billboards to one zoning district while excluding them from similar districts (Elray Outdoor Corporation v. Board of Adjustment of the City of Englewood, et al., No. A-4627-07T3, N.J. App.; 2009 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2378). 
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<title>California Panel: Private Community's Trails Are Not Public Accommodations</title>
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<![CDATA[SANTA ANA, Calif. - A California appeals court panel on Sept. 21 affirmed a lower court decision, concluding that a private community's trails are not a public accommodation and therefore the placement of barriers at the entrance to the trials does not violate the American's With Disabilities Act (Evan Carolyn v. Orange Park Community Association, No. G041177, Calif. App., 4th Dist., Div. 3; 2009 Cal. App. LEXIS 1556). 
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<title>Groups' Objections To Idaho Mine Expansion Overruled By Judge</title>
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<![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho - On remand, a federal judge has denied four groups' motion for summary judgment in a dispute over the expansion of a phosphate mine into a protected national forest in Idaho. The judge held Aug. 4 that analysis and design activities did not violate the Clean Water Act (CWA) (Greater Yellowstone Coalition, et al., v. Brent Larson, supervisor, Caribou Targhee National Forest, et al., No. 08-388, D. Idaho; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67934; See May 2009, Page 12). 
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<title>Supreme Court Asked To Review W.Va. Mining Waste Discharge Permits</title>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - Three environmental activist groups on Aug. 26 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appellate court ruling allowing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to permanently bury streams in West Virginia with waste from mountaintop removal coal mining operations without first determining the effect the burial will have on the area's ecosystem (Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, et al. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, et al., No. 09-247, U.S. Sup.). 
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<title>West Virginia Effluent Permit Violation Claims Allowed To Proceed</title>
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<![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal West Virginia judge refused to dismiss claims that a coal company violated its effluent permits more than 6,000 times, saying Aug. 18 that state and federal mining laws did not supersede, amend or modify the Clean Water Act (Sierra Club, et al. v. Powellton Coal Co., No. 08-1363, S.D. W. Va.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 73188). 
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<title>N.M. Appeals Court Affirms $482,000 Punitive Award In Property Dispute</title>
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<![CDATA[SANTA FE, N.M. - Evidence supports a trial court's conclusion that a couple acted willfully and wantonly in denying their neighbors access to well water, a New Mexico appeals court said, affirming a $482,000 punitive damage award against the couple, in an opinion filed June 29 and released for publication on Aug. 11 (Mike Skeen, et al., v. Bob Boyles, et al., No. 27,910, consolidated with 28,318, N.M. App.; 2009 N.M. App. LEXIS 89). 
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<title>Minn. Panel: Arbitrator Properly Denied Home Buyers' Nondisclosure Claims</title>
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<![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. - In an unpublished opinion, a Minnesota appeals panel on Sept. 22 affirmed a lower court's decision that an arbitrator properly denied a married couple's claim for $39,500 in damages against the sellers and real estate agents who sold them their home and allegedly failed to disclose that the property contained protected wetlands (Daniel Van Hee, et al. v. Kris Hunt, et al., No. A09-0356, Minn. App.; 2009 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1071). 
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<title>3rd Circuit To Decide Dispute Over Private Mortgage Insurance</title>
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<![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA - In a reply brief filed Aug. 17 in the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a group of Pennsylvania residents who appealed a lower court decision that they have no standing to sue their lender under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act countered that the lender's alleged mortgage insurance captive reinsurance scheme was what they were challenging and not the reasonableness of the rates filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance (Mary Alston, et al. v. Countrywide Financial Corp., No. 08-4334, 3rd Cir.; See 1/9/09, Page 11). 
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<title>Appeals Court Finds Sellers Had No Knowledge Of Defects In Lake House</title>
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<![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. - A Washington appeals court on Aug. 20 affirmed a trial court ruling denying a fraudulent concealment claim asserted by the purchaser of a lake house that allegedly contained wood rot and mold underneath the structure, finding that the sellers of the home had no actual knowledge of the defects (Robert R. Kammarcal v. Delbert W. Owen, et al., No. 27352-1-III, Wash. App.; 2009 Wash. App. LEXIS 2101). 
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<title>Court Reverses Directed Verdict, Remands Salvation Army's Building Loss Claims</title>
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<![CDATA[LINCOLN, Neb. - A Nebraska appeals court on Sept. 15 reversed a directed verdict against the Salvation Army on its claims for damages for loss and demolition of a building it owned that was damaged by a fire that was caused by a tenant in a connected building, finding that the issue relating to those damages was one of proximate cause and should have been submitted to a jury (The Salvation Army v. James Kyle, et al., No. A-08-1190, Neb. App.; 2009 Neb. App. LEXIS 161). 
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