Regulatory Takings

In Sharper Focus: Regulatory Takings

By Marianna Bettman on March 23, 2012

This post was written by Student Contributor Greg Kendall, a second year student at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.

In two cases it recently heard, the Ohio Supreme Court has been asked to apply the doctrine of regulatory takings to new fact situations involving owners of land contiguous to property that was re-zoned…

Merit Decision: Court Limits Standing in Regulatory Takings Claim. Clifton v. Blanchester.

By Marianna Bettman on March 5, 2012

On March 1, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio decided Clifton v. v. Blanchester. 2012-Ohio-780, one of two cases it heard on the same day about standing in a takings case. The issue in Clifton is whether a property owner whose property is outside the limits of a municipality (in this case a village)…