Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Property Law & Real Estate : From 10/01/02 To 07/01/03
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate |
| Title: | VIRGINIA v. HICKS |
| Date: | 06/16/03 |
| Case Number: | 02-371 |
| Summary: | The trespass policy in place at a low-income housing development owned by a political subdivision is not facially invalid under the First Amendment overbreadth doctrine, as 1) the policy does not prohibit a substantial amount of protected speech in relation to legitimate applications, and 2) rules apply to all person's entering the development, not just those seeking to engage in expression. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate |
| Title: | BROWN v. LEGAL FOUND. OF WASHINGTON |
| Date: | 03/26/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1325 |
| Summary: | A state law requiring client funds that could not otherwise generate net earnings for the client be deposited in an "interest on lawyers' trust account" is not a regulatory taking, but requiring that interest on those funds be transferred to a different owner for a legitimate public use could be a per se taking requiring payment of just compensation to the client in some cases. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Elections, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate |
| Title: | CITY OF CUYAHOGA FALLS v. BUCKEYE CMTY. HOPE FOUND. |
| Date: | 03/25/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1269 |
| Summary: | A city did not violate the Equal Protection Clause by submitting a facially-neutral referendum petition to voters, which called for repeal of a municipal housing ordinance authorizing construction of a low-income housing complex, absent a showing of racially discriminatory intent. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Contracts, Indian Law, Oil & Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate |
| Title: | US v. NAVAJO NATION |
| Date: | 03/04/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1375 |
| Summary: | An Indian tribe's claim for compensation from the federal government, for alleged breach of trust in approval of coal lease amendments negotiated by the Tribe and a private lessee, fails as it does not derive from any liability-imposing provision of the Indian Mineral Leasing Act of 1938 or its implementing regulations. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate |
| Title: | US v. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE |
| Date: | 03/04/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1067 |
| Summary: | The Court of Federal Claims had Indian Tucker Act jurisdiction over a tribe's suit against the U.S. for breach of fiduciary duty to manage land and improvements held in trust for the tribe, but occupied by the government. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate |
| Title: | MEYER v. HOLLEY |
| Date: | 01/22/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1120 |
| Summary: | The Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 3604(b), 3605(a), imposes liability without fault upon an employer in accordance with traditional agency principles, i.e., it normally imposes vicarious liability upon a corporation but not upon its officers or owners. |