Second Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Intervention in TCA Case, Citing Adequate Representation and Avoidance of Delay

Second Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Intervention in TCA Case, Citing Adequate Representation and Avoidance of Delay

This post was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq. in Extenet Systems, LLC v. Village of Kings Pointthe Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of eight residents’ motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by ExteNet against the village for violations of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The court rejected the residents’ claims that intervention was necessary to protect their properties from the alleged aesthetic and economic impacts that would be caused by the installation of wireless cellular equipment on nearby properties. As the court explained, it was reasonable for the district court to conclude that the residents’ interests…
Personal Injury Lawyers Toronto |  Diamond and Diamond Lawyers

Personal Injury Lawyers Toronto | Diamond and Diamond Lawyers

The most immediate concerns after a car accident are your health and your legal obligations. First, you should be evaluated by a physician for any injuries. Not all car accident injuries are obvious. Brain injuries can be essential invisible, and other conditions may not show symptoms for hours or days after a car accident due to adrenaline and shock. Next, you want to collect as much information about the accident as possible. Get all relevant information such as license plate numbers, names, locations, insurance providers, and other details and organize it. If there were any witnesses present at the scene,…
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Injury Lawyers Toronto | Sokoloff Lawyers

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Second Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Intervention in TCA Case, Citing Adequate Representation and Avoidance of Delay

Fed. Dist. Court in WI Upholds Denial of Athletic Field Lights Over Claims of Religious Discrimination

This post was originally published on the RLUIPA Defense blog by Evan Seeman, Esq. and Madeleine Laffitte, Esq. of Robinson Cole and is reposted with permission. On December 30, 2022, a district court dismissed a Catholic high school’s RLUIPA challenge, granting summary judgment on all claims in favor of the City of Madison, Wisconsin and various other city officials (the City). As ruled by the court, the City did not discriminate against Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart, Inc. on the basis of religion when it was denied Edgewood’s latest conditional use permit application for outdoor lighting at the…
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Intervention in TCA Case, Citing Adequate Representation and Avoidance of Delay

MA Land Court Interprets Overlapping Zoning Definitions for Hot Tubs and Swimming Pools

This post was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq. A Massachusetts case decided in August considered the Town of Nantucket’s zoning definitions for “hot tub/spa” and “swimming pool.” Specifically, the zoning code defined a “hot tub/spa” as a structure with less than 150 square feet of surface area and more than two feet of depth, while a “swimming pool” was defined as a structure either with more than 150 square feet of surface area or containing more than 1,000 gallons of water. The definition created a dilemma because of the structure “could at the same time have less than 150 square…
TX Court docket of Appeals Finds Alleged Violations of the Texas Public Info Act have been Ample to Survive Abstract Judgment

TX Court docket of Appeals Finds Alleged Violations of the Texas Public Info Act have been Ample to Survive Abstract Judgment

This submit was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. Groba owned property throughout the Metropolis of Gelena Park and utilized for a allow to construct a quadruplex on that property. The Metropolis rejected his software, and Groba was suggested {that a} new Metropolis ordinance prevented him from constructing a multi-family unit on his property. Groba’s attorneys filed an “open information request” with the Metropolis searching for “manufacturing of all ordinances related to the situation, placement, and basic existence of duplexes throughout the Metropolis of Galena Park.” In October 2019, Groba’s attorneys despatched a letter to the Texas Legal professional Basic complaining…
CA Appeals Court docket Holds Affect Mitigation Payment was Not Topic to the Heightened Scrutiny of the Nollan/Dolan Take a look at

CA Appeals Court docket Holds Affect Mitigation Payment was Not Topic to the Heightened Scrutiny of the Nollan/Dolan Take a look at

This submit was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. On this case, plaintiff George Sheetz challenged the $23,420 site visitors impression mitigation price (“TIM price”) imposed by the defendant El Dorado County as a situation of issuing him a constructing allow for the development of a single-family residence on his property in Placerville. Sheetz appealed from the judgment entered after the trial court docket sustained the County’s demurrer with out depart to amend and denied his verified petition for writ of mandate. On attraction, Sheetz contended for reversal was required as a result of the TIM price was invalid beneath each…