U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law,
California Courts of Appeal
Oct. 25, 2017
Keep your options open
I often quote to my students the wisdom of famous legal philosopher Yogi Berra: "When you come to the fork in the road, take it." I believe Yogi meant to caution against making decisions that restrict one's options by, instead, taking all the options possible. A recent case demonstrates the point.
Michael M. Berger
Senior Counsel
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
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USC Law School
Michael M. Berger is senior counsel at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, where he is co-chair of the Appellate Practice Group. He has argued four takings cases in the U.S. Supreme Court.
TAKINGS TALK
When I teach takings litigation to law students (as I have for many years at several different law schools), I always urge them to proceed cautiously when pleading causes of action. Good advice in any substantive field, it applies with vigor to takings law because the law has been in a continuous state of flux over the last several decades. In fact, most of the landmark cases from the U.S. Supreme Court have been pleading cases in...
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