Takings, Standing, and Those Nasty Neighbors
Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2013-03-06
Summary:
Most lawyers reading this page are familiar with Nollan v. Calif. Coastal Comm’n, the 1987 Supreme Court case holding that exactions in exchange for land use permits must show an “essential nexus” between the purported harm generated by the permit and aims of the exaction. (More precisely, Nollan gave heightened scrutiny to finding that nexus.). [...]