Real Estate & Property Law

Stahl on the Suburb as a Legal Concept
The Cardozo Law Review's website has posted an interesting article by Kenneth A. Stahl titled The Suburb as a Legal Concept: The Problem of Organization and the Fate of Municipalities in American Law...

Stahl on Local Growth Politics
Kenneth Stahl (Chapman) has posted The Artifice of Local Growth Politics: At-Large Elections, Ballot-Box Zoning and Judicial Review on SSRN. Here's the abstract: Municipalities throughout the nation are plagued by a seemingly unresolvable conflict between development interests and homeowners? groups...

Scalia Sits Still for Stahl
The Blog of Legal Times informs us that Antonin Scalia is going to be interviewed by Leslie Stahl on the 27 April episode of 60 Minutes. Seems as if the camera-shy justice is making an appearance to promote his upcoming book (co-authored by Bryan Garner) Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.

Scalia to Stahl: End of Term Usually a Disappointment
While CBS had already released some of the best parts of tonight’s “60 Minutes” Lesley Stahl interview with Justice Scalia (see this prior post), they saved some good nuggets...

Kenneth Fineberg to Speak at Cardozo Law
On Wednesday October 29 at 6:00 PM Cardozo Law School in New York City is hosting a public lecture by Kenneth Fineberg. Kenneth R. Feinberg, Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 and Managing Partner....

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 4 NFP)
For publication opinions today (2): In Kenneth Hay v. Wanda J. Hay, a 5-page opinion, Judge Barnes writes:Kenneth raises two issues, which we consolidate and restate as whether the trial court properly ordered the sale of property that Kenneth held...