Spring Semester 2007 -- Syllabus
revised 1/11/07
The course materials are
available through the “land use planning” link at “http://home.sandiego.edu/~jminan/”.
Additions and revisions to this syllabus may be made during the
semester.
**edited/uploaded to web site
Nuisance Law
Remedies
**Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Co., 26 N.Y.2d 219, 257 N.E.2d 870, 309 N.Y.S.2d 312 (1970)
**Spur v. Del Webb, 108 Ariz. 178, 494 P.2d 700 (1972)
Substantive Principles
**Prah v. Maretti, 108 Wis.2d 223, 321 N.W.2d 182 (1982)
**Sher v. Leiderman, 181 Cal.App.3d 867 (1986)
**People v. Projection Room, 17 Cal.3d 42 (1976)
Fifth Amendment Takings
The Foundational Era
**J.C.Hadacheck v. C.E. Sebastian, 239 U.S. 394 (1915)
**Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
**Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
Determining the Property Interest
**Avco
Community v. South Coast Regional Commission, 553 P.2d 546 (1976)
**California
Development Agreements Statute, CA Gov’t Code 65864-65869.5
**Youngblood
v. Board of Supervisors, 586 P.2d 556 (1978)
Regulatory Takings
**Penn Central Transp. Co v. New York City, 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
**Agins v. City of Tiburon, 447 U.S. 255 (1980)
**Lingle v. Chevron, 544 U.S. 528 (2005)
**Keystone Bituminous Coal Ass’n v. DeBenedictis, 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
**Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, 533 U.S. 606 (2001) [see Mandelker web site for map]
Physical Occupations
**Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp., 458 U.S. 419 (1982)
**Yee v. Escondido, 503 U.S. 519 (1992)
Destruction of “All Economic Value”
**Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
**Loveladies Harbor, Inc. v. U.S., 28 F.3d 1171 (Fed.Cir. 1994)
Temporary Takings
**First English v. Los Angeles County, 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
**Landgate, Inc. v. California Coastal Comm’n, 17 Cal.4th 1006, 953 P.2d 1188, 73 Cal.Rptr.2d 841(1998), cert. denied, 525 U.S. 876 (1998)**Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 535 U.S. 302 (2002)
Development Exactions, & Impact Fees**Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
**Dolan v. City of Tigard, 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
**Ehrlich v. Culver City,12 Cal. 4th 854 (1996) (Rehearing Denied April 11, 1996)
**City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes, 526 U.S. 687 (1999)
Transfer Development Rights
** Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 520 U.S. 725 (1997)
Equal Protection
** City of Cleburne v.Cleburne Living Center, 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
**Willowbrook v. Olech, 528 U.S. 1073 (2000)
Due Process
Variances
Topanga Association v. Los Angeles, 522 P.2d 12 (1974)
First Amendment
*Lyng v. Northwest, 108 S.Ct. 1319 (1988)
*First Covenant Church v. Seattle, 787 P.2d 1352 (1990).
East Bay Asian Local Development Corp. v. State of California, 81 Cal.Rptr.2d 908, (Cal.App. 3 Dist.1999) (Pet. for review granted by CA SCT).
City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc., 535 U.S. 425 (2002)
*Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc., 111 S.Ct. 2456 (1991)
Land Use and Environmental Justice
Constitutional claims based on Equal Protection
**Bean v. Southwestern Waste Management, 482 F.Supp. 673 (S.D. Tex. 1979)
**East Bibb Twiggs v. Macon-Bibbs County Planning and Zoning Commission, 706 F. Supp. 880 (M.D. Ga. 1989), aff'd, 888 F.2d 573 (11th Cir. 1989), op. amended & superseded on denial of reh'g by 896 F.2d 1264, 1266 (11th Cir. 1989)
Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI–Federal Funding Programs
**Alexander v. Sandoval, 532 U.S. 275 (2000).
Enforcing Disparate Impact Regulations through Section 1983
**South Camden Citizens in Action v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 274 F.3d 771 (3rd Cir. 2001)
**CA Gov’t Code Sections 65040.2, 65040.12
General Plans
**Neighborhood Action Group v. County of Calaveras, 156 Cal.App.3d 1176 (1984)
**Concerned Citizens of Calaveras County, 166 Cal.App.3d 90 (1985)
**Goleta Valley v. Board of Supervisors, 52 Cal.3d 553 (1990)
**Bolsa Chica v. Sup. Ct., 83 Cal. Rptr. 2d 850 (1999)
**Hoffmaster v. City of San Diego, 64 Cal. Rptr. 2d 684 (1997)
Initiatives and General Plans
**Lesher Communications, Inc. v. City of Walnut Creek, 52 Cal.3d 531 (1990)
**Devita v. County of Napa, 9 Cal.4th 763 (1995)
Initiatives Generally
*Stein v. City of Santa Monica, 110 Cal. App.3d 458 (1980)
*Citizens v. City of Albany, 66 Cal. Rptr.2d 102 (1997)
*Rider v. City of San Diego, 77 Cal. Rptr.2d 189 (1998)
Selected Environmental
Laws Affecting Development
CEQA
**Napa Citizens v. Board of Supervisors, 110 Cal Rptr. 2d 579 (2001)
**Riverwatch v. County of San Diego, 76 Cal.App.4th 1428, 91 Cal.Rptr.2d 322 (Cal.App. 4 Dist. 1999, as modified Jan 12, 2000.)
**Sunset Drive Corp. v. Redlands, 73 Cal. App.4th 215, 86 Cal. Rptr.2d 209 (1999)
Wetlands
*Sylvester v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 882 F.2d 407 (9th Cir. 1989)
*Shelton v. March, 902 F.2d 1201(6th Cir. 1990).
Endangered Species Act
*Rancho Viejo, LLC v. Norton, 323 F.3d 1062 (D.C. Cir. 2003).
Section 1983
*Bogan v. Scott-Harris, 118 S.Ct. 966 (1998)
*Conner v. City of Santa Ana, 897 F.2d 1487 (9th Cir. 1990)
*Schneider v. County of San Diego, 28 F.3d 89 (9th Cir. 1994)
Eminent Domain
Public Use
**Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005)
*City of Oakland v. Oakland Raiders, 32 Cal.3d 60 (1982) [Dukeminier, p.1112]
Just Compensation
*Almota Farmers Elevator
& Warehouse Co. v. United States, 409 U.S. 470 (1973)
Valuing Contaminated Property
*Aladdin, Inc. V. Black
Hawk County, 562 N.W.2d 608 (1997)
Growth Management through access to Public Utility Service: Service Refusal
Del Norte v. Crescent
City, 71 Cal. App.4th 965 (1999)