Real Estate & Property Law

Zoning Variance May Not Be Limited To The Term of Ownership of the Applicant
In upholding the decision of a zoning board denying an area variance, the Appellate Division in Fowlkes v Board of Zoning Appeals of the Town of North Hempstead noted that the variance could not have been limited in time to the term of ownership of the present applicant...

Irizarry: 32(h) does not require notice of contemplated variance
In Irizarry v. U.S., No. 06-7517 (June 12, 2008), the Supreme Court held that Fed...

Conditions on Zoning Variance Must Be Reasonable
The Appellate Division, Second Department rejected as unreasonable a condition on an area variance that a parking lot be chained at night to prevent overnight parking...

City Attorney May Extend Time to Act Under Variance Without Zoning Board Action
The New York Court of Appeals held today in Haberman v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Long Beach that the attorney representing the zoning board may extend the time to commence construction under the terms of a variance without action by the zoning board...

Upward Variance OK
U.S. v. Taghizadeh, 2008 WL 17901291 (4/21/08) (unpub'd) - The 10th affirms an upward variance from 121 months to 216 months on the grounds that the sexual-exploitation-of-a-minor Guidelines contemplated neither the videotaping of sexual acts [as opposed to sexually explicit poses] nor the defendant participating in the sexual acts...

Belated March Madness-SEQRA and Zoning Cases from March, 2008
Due to a busy litigation schedule, we fell short in reporting a number of SEQRA and zoning cases that came down during March of 2008...

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How to prove housing discrimination based on sexual orientation in student housing?
There are several things you can do. First of all, contact any welfare advisors,...

How to collect a personal loan from a spouse?
You local court will probably have someone to offer you some assistance as you p...

How to learn content of deceased parent's will?
go to the court house where your father died or the county he lived in. It is pu...

I work for a company that is owned and operated by Spanish people. There is only 3 people in the whole company including me who are Caucasian. The female who is supposed to be training me is "latino" and treats me very r
Is it an actual issue or are you making it an issue? It is understandable you fe...

How to get a used car dealer to honor warranty for repairs required two weeks after purchase?
What was the defect? Rust? A hole? Bad converter? Broken hangers? If it was rust...

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Wachovia to pay up to $125 million settlement in check cashing lawsuit.

Walt Disney
alleging a Sikh American applied for a job with Disney but was told he did not have the "Disney look" - apparently referring to his beard and turban, which is required by his religion.