RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS:

October 2001

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United States Supreme Court: Landowners May Bring Inverse Condemnation Actions for Regulatory Takings when They Acquire Property after Imposition of Regulations
Palazzolo v. Rhode Island,

In a closely watched 5-4 decision, on June 28, 2001, the Supreme Court of the United States found that an inverse condemnation action, brought by Petitioner Anthony Palazzolo (Palazzolo), was ripe for adjudication; that acquisition of the property after the effective date of a regulation did not bar a regulatory takings claim; and that Palazzolo's claim for deprivation of all economic use was precluded by the undisputed value left in his land.