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Zoning, Planning and Use

Aug. 5, 2000

Temporary Takings

By Michael M. Berger. Land-use litigation in California is not for the faint of heart, at least if one represents landowners. The California judiciary has long had a national reputation for allowing local land-use regulators to do pretty much as they please, and never mind the Constitution. Landowners' lawyers believed their clients could get a better shake in federal court, and they jumped through hoops to take their cases across the litigational street.

By Michael M. Berger
        
        Land-use litigation in California is not for the faint of heart, at least if one represents landowners. The California judiciary has long had a national reputation for allowing local land-use regulators to do pretty much as they please, and never mind the Constitution. Landowners' lawyers believed their clients could get a better shake in federal court, and they ...

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