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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.

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