Senior Counsel
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
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Los Angeles , CA 90067
Los Angeles , CA 90067
Phone:
(310) 312-4185
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(310) 996-6968
Email: mmberger@manatt.com
Email: mmberger@manatt.com
USC Law School
Columns
| Title | Category | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Will Cuba face takings liability? | Oct. 29, 2025 | |
| Airplanes, airports and property owners - Oh my! | Constitutional Law | Sep. 30, 2025 |
| No end run around the constitution | Constitutional Law | Aug. 27, 2025 |
| Can government rescue property owners from condemnation? | Constitutional Law | Jul. 30, 2025 |
| Why American law should stop following old English rules | Letters | Jul. 23, 2025 |
| Of pickleball, pretext and prayer | Constitutional Law | Jun. 25, 2025 |
| Excuse for confiscating property? | Criminal, Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory | May 28, 2025 |
| When will they ever learn? | Constitutional Law | Apr. 30, 2025 |
| The Kelo issues won't go away | Constitutional Law | Mar. 26, 2025 |
| Kelo: Perhaps a new answer forthcoming? | Constitutional Law | Feb. 26, 2025 |
| It is finally time to get rid of Penn Central | Constitutional Law | Jan. 29, 2025 |
| Here they go again | Government | Dec. 26, 2024 |
| Some people never quit | Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court | Nov. 27, 2024 |
| Down Mexico Way | Immigration | Oct. 30, 2024 |
| Are local governments violating Supreme Court exaction precedents? | U.S. Supreme Court, Land Use, Government | Sep. 25, 2024 |
| Rental housing: The COVID factor | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Aug. 28, 2024 |
| Overreaching condemnors | Government, Constitutional Law | Jul. 29, 2024 |
| What is a ‘rails-to-trails’ case? | U.S. Supreme Court, Government | Jun. 26, 2024 |
| Takings by the judiciary | Judges and Judiciary, Constitutional Law | May 29, 2024 |
| The fourth time is a charm | U.S. Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory | Apr. 24, 2024 |
| Don’t make a federal case of it | Constitutional Law | Apr. 18, 2024 |
| Is a taking based on pretext constitutional? | Constitutional Law | Mar. 29, 2024 |
| …but some animals are more equal than others | Administrative/Regulatory | Feb. 28, 2024 |
| California exactions – one more time | U.S. Supreme Court | Jan. 16, 2024 |
| Rent control confronts the Constitution | Real Estate/Development, Constitutional Law | Dec. 27, 2023 |
| Is it time to reconsider Penn Central? | Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory | Nov. 29, 2023 |
| Physical takings under copyright law | Intellectual Property, Constitutional Law | Oct. 25, 2023 |
| Airport noise is back in the news | Torts/Personal Injury | Sep. 27, 2023 |
| When a taking is legislative or administrative, does it matter? | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Aug. 30, 2023 |
| Who benefits from delay? | U.S. Supreme Court, Land Use, Constitutional Law | Jul. 26, 2023 |
| Takings day at SCOTUS | Land Use, Constitutional Law | May 30, 2023 |
| Legislative? Administrative? Constitutional? Land-use law is in disarray | U.S. Supreme Court, Real Estate/Development | May 24, 2023 |
| Déjà Vu all over again | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Apr. 26, 2023 |
| Exploding vocabulary | Government | Mar. 10, 2023 |
| Confiscating equity through foreclosure? | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jan. 25, 2023 |
| Making a federal case out of title | Real Estate/Development, Government | Dec. 28, 2022 |
| In whose backyard? | Land Use, Government | Nov. 30, 2022 |
| Real estate exactions – again | Real Estate/Development, California Courts of Appeal | Oct. 24, 2022 |
| Apartment owners prevail in COVID-19 test | Real Estate/Development, Government, Contracts | Sep. 28, 2022 |
| Oil and gas and cities – Oh, my! | Land Use, Government, Environmental & Energy | Aug. 31, 2022 |
| Takings and copyright law | Intellectual Property | Jul. 27, 2022 |
| Can a bee ever be a fish? Ah, definitions… | Environmental & Energy, California Courts of Appeal | Jun. 3, 2022 |
| COVID shutdowns and the Constitution | Litigation & Arbitration, Covid Columns, Constitutional Law | May 31, 2022 |
| Someday your price will come? Really? | Real Estate/Development, Land Use, Government | Apr. 27, 2022 |
| The unconstitutional conditions doctrine | Constitutional Law | Mar. 28, 2022 |
| The regulatory taking conundrum | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Feb. 28, 2022 |
| Constitutional takings by animals? | Constitutional Law | Jan. 25, 2022 |
| Takings law potpourri in 2021 | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Dec. 30, 2021 |
| Ethics, schmethics — this is property litigation! | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Nov. 29, 2021 |
| An invalid targeted taking | Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation | Oct. 26, 2021 |
| ‘Too Big to Fail’ — The Sequel | Constitutional Law | Sep. 29, 2021 |
| A smorgasbord of rental takings cases | Real Estate/Development | Aug. 25, 2021 |
| A SCOTUS takings trifecta | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jul. 7, 2021 |
| Paper streets and the US Constitution | Constitutional Law | Jun. 23, 2021 |
| Over-reaching regulation squelched | Land Use, Constitutional Law | May 18, 2021 |
| Is the prevention of ‘future blight’ a public use? | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Apr. 28, 2021 |
| Regulatory revelation | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Mar. 29, 2021 |
| New book explains regulatory takings in the wake of Knick | Feb. 23, 2021 | |
| Possibly the US Supreme Court’s next takings case | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Jan. 27, 2021 |
| A plea for publication: ruling on common takings issue | Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal | Dec. 4, 2020 |
| Do farmers have property rights? | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Nov. 30, 2020 |
| Access to federal courts still denied to property owners | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Oct. 28, 2020 |
| RBG, her successor and takings law | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Sep. 29, 2020 |
| Biden on property rights | Constitutional Law | Aug. 25, 2020 |
| Kelo, continued | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jul. 28, 2020 |
| What are they thinking? | Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation | Jul. 1, 2020 |
| COVID-19 meets the 5th Amendment | Constitutional Law | May 27, 2020 |
| Sprawl vs density | Government, Constitutional Law | Apr. 30, 2020 |
| Unfinished takings business at the US Supreme Court | Land Use, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court | Mar. 26, 2020 |
| Dropping Hurricane Harvey’s other shoe | Constitutional Law | Feb. 26, 2020 |
| Property ‘dedication’: Gift or theft? | Constitutional Law | Jan. 29, 2020 |
| The Feds’ evasion of takings law | Government, Constitutional Law | Dec. 27, 2019 |
| Knick interruptus? | U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Dec. 10, 2019 |
| Coastal Commission: Talk to the Dutch | Government, Constitutional Law | Nov. 27, 2019 |
| Ethics at the California Coastal Commission | Constitutional Law, California Courts of Appeal | Oct. 30, 2019 |
| Definitional theft as government policy? Not so fast | U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Sep. 25, 2019 |
| Clarifying regulatory takings | Constitutional Law | Aug. 27, 2019 |
| Ding dong, the witch is dead! | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jun. 24, 2019 |
| If you see a fork in the road, take it | Government, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | May 29, 2019 |
| Missed opportunity to align state and federal takings law | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court | Apr. 17, 2019 |
| An Eighth Amendment takings case | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Feb. 22, 2019 |
| The case of the public pissoir | Jan. 30, 2019 | |
| Realigning takings law in California | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court | Dec. 28, 2018 |
| Only an actual habitat can be designated a ‘critical’ habitat | U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy | Nov. 28, 2018 |
| Strange things are afoot in this takings decision | Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, California Courts of Appeal | Oct. 30, 2018 |
| Federalism and takings law do not blend | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Sep. 26, 2018 |
| Interest? You think we owe you interest? | Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Aug. 29, 2018 |
| High court should settle exaction of property issue | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jul. 25, 2018 |
| Takings case is a carnival of constitutional errors | Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law | Jun. 27, 2018 |
| Takings law outside of California | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | May 30, 2018 |
| Eminent domain, the movie | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Apr. 25, 2018 |
| Constitutional protection against temporary takings | U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Mar. 28, 2018 |
| Strange things are afoot in takings case | U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law | Feb. 28, 2018 |
| Endangered species case: critical habitat or regulatory taking? | U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy, Constitutional Law | Jan. 31, 2018 |
| Asylum law meets eminent domain | U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Dec. 28, 2017 |
| Ripeness: the ghost of takings' past | U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law | Nov. 30, 2017 |
| Keep your options open | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, California Courts of Appeal | Oct. 25, 2017 |
| When is it not a constitutional taking case? | U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law | Sep. 27, 2017 |
| Takings occur administratively and legislatively | Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal | Aug. 30, 2017 |
| Turning takings law into hash | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jul. 26, 2017 |
| Nice guys (get to keep their property after all) | Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court, Appellate Practice | Jun. 28, 2017 |
| Creating public property by ipse dixit | U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law | Jun. 1, 2017 |
| Can private property be protected against the sea? | Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court | Apr. 26, 2017 |
| The next big takings case... maybe | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Mar. 30, 2017 |
| The 'whole parcel' takings conundrum | Constitutional Law | Feb. 25, 2017 |
| The ripeness hurdle in takings cases | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jan. 26, 2017 |
| Why takings law matters | Constitutional Law | Dec. 29, 2016 |
| Property law and the Scalia legacy | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Dec. 1, 2016 |
| Courts' Response to Shoddy Appellate Practice? Pony Up! | Appellate Practice | Jan. 4, 2006 |
| So Far, State's Housing Push Has Been All Yak, No Shack | Real Estate/Development, Government | Mar. 2, 2005 |
Verdicts & Settlements
| Case Name | Topic | Role | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randel Woodgrift, et al. v. R&R Trucking, City of Lake Elsinore | Personal Injury | Defendant | Sep. 22, 2007 |
| Harmony Wilson v. Community Memorial Hospital, Michael Green | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Jul. 15, 2006 |
| Lucia Delzio, Diana Carolina Delzio, Anthony Andrew Delzio v. Arnold Berlin, M.D., Arnold Berlin, M.D., Inc. | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Jun. 3, 2006 |
| Michael Dufour v. Herve Dumont | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Feb. 24, 2004 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Apr. 17, 2001 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Apr. 17, 2001 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Mar. 27, 2001 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Mar. 20, 2001 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 18, 2000 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 18, 2000 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 18, 2000 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 18, 2000 |
| Anthony Fortier, et al. v. Rick Murray | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 16, 2000 |
| Margaret Woelich v. Kaiser | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | May 20, 2000 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | May 18, 2000 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Apr. 1, 2000 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Apr. 1, 2000 |
| Confidential | Contracts | judge | Mar. 25, 2000 |
| Robert McMahan and Roy McMahan v. Parkview Community Hospital, John Robertson, M.D., Chao-Huange Sun, M.D., Wan Hee Choi, M.D. | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Jun. 19, 1999 |
| The Prudential Jon Douglas Co. dba, The Prudential Realty, et al. v. Bakersfield Athletic Club, Inc., et al. | Contracts | Expert / technical | Mar. 20, 1999 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Oct. 31, 1998 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Oct. 24, 1998 |
| Milagro Rivera v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., et al. | Personal Injury | Claimant | Sep. 19, 1998 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Sep. 19, 1998 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Jun. 27, 1998 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Jun. 20, 1998 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury | judge | May 23, 1998 |
| Madeline Wolpa; Steven Wolpa v. Southern California Orthopedic Institute; Asta Elizabeth Bloze, M.D. | Personal Injury | Claimant | Feb. 7, 1998 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 8, 1997 |
| Aradi Ltd.; Allied Investment and Development Inc.; CG (Texas) Inc., et al. v. Ernest T. Mansi and Raymond Null | Business Law | judge | Nov. 8, 1997 |
| John Maddex v. Ken Becker; Kenneth Management Group | Personal Injury | judge | May 31, 1997 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Jan. 11, 1997 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | judge | Nov. 23, 1996 |
| Maximilian Schell v. Wolfgang Bocksch Concerts | Entertainment Law | Defendant | Aug. 10, 1996 |
| Salvador and Maria Viramontes v. Phillip Ruiz, M.D., et al. | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | judge | Jan. 13, 1996 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 23, 1995 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 23, 1995 |
| Wanda Brammer v. Vincent Ajanwachuka, M.D., et al. | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 18, 1995 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Apr. 8, 1995 |
| Japan Publicity v. Bridge USA and Yoshihiro Ishii | Intellectual Property | judge | Mar. 4, 1995 |
| Christine Rangel v. Excel Paving Company | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | judge | Nov. 5, 1994 |
| Sloane Sudeck v. NSI Services, Inc. | Employment Law | judge | Feb. 12, 1994 |
MCLE
| Title | Category | Published |
|---|---|---|
| In whose backyard? | Land Use | Nov. 30, 2022 |
| Title | Category | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Will Cuba face takings liability? | Oct. 29, 2025 | |
| Airplanes, airports and property owners - Oh my! | Constitutional Law | Sep. 30, 2025 |
| No end run around the constitution | Constitutional Law | Aug. 27, 2025 |
| Can government rescue property owners from condemnation? | Constitutional Law | Jul. 30, 2025 |
| Why American law should stop following old English rules | Letters | Jul. 23, 2025 |
| Of pickleball, pretext and prayer | Constitutional Law | Jun. 25, 2025 |
| Excuse for confiscating property? | Criminal, Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory | May 28, 2025 |
| When will they ever learn? | Constitutional Law | Apr. 30, 2025 |
| The Kelo issues won't go away | Constitutional Law | Mar. 26, 2025 |
| Kelo: Perhaps a new answer forthcoming? | Constitutional Law | Feb. 26, 2025 |
| It is finally time to get rid of Penn Central | Constitutional Law | Jan. 29, 2025 |
| Here they go again | Government | Dec. 26, 2024 |
| Some people never quit | Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court | Nov. 27, 2024 |
| Down Mexico Way | Immigration | Oct. 30, 2024 |
| Are local governments violating Supreme Court exaction precedents? | U.S. Supreme Court, Land Use, Government | Sep. 25, 2024 |
| Rental housing: The COVID factor | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Aug. 28, 2024 |
| Overreaching condemnors | Government, Constitutional Law | Jul. 29, 2024 |
| What is a ‘rails-to-trails’ case? | U.S. Supreme Court, Government | Jun. 26, 2024 |
| Takings by the judiciary | Judges and Judiciary, Constitutional Law | May 29, 2024 |
| The fourth time is a charm | U.S. Supreme Court, Administrative/Regulatory | Apr. 24, 2024 |
| Don’t make a federal case of it | Constitutional Law | Apr. 18, 2024 |
| Is a taking based on pretext constitutional? | Constitutional Law | Mar. 29, 2024 |
| …but some animals are more equal than others | Administrative/Regulatory | Feb. 28, 2024 |
| California exactions – one more time | U.S. Supreme Court | Jan. 16, 2024 |
| Rent control confronts the Constitution | Real Estate/Development, Constitutional Law | Dec. 27, 2023 |
| Is it time to reconsider Penn Central? | Constitutional Law, Administrative/Regulatory | Nov. 29, 2023 |
| Physical takings under copyright law | Intellectual Property, Constitutional Law | Oct. 25, 2023 |
| Airport noise is back in the news | Torts/Personal Injury | Sep. 27, 2023 |
| When a taking is legislative or administrative, does it matter? | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Aug. 30, 2023 |
| Who benefits from delay? | U.S. Supreme Court, Land Use, Constitutional Law | Jul. 26, 2023 |
| Takings day at SCOTUS | Land Use, Constitutional Law | May 30, 2023 |
| Legislative? Administrative? Constitutional? Land-use law is in disarray | U.S. Supreme Court, Real Estate/Development | May 24, 2023 |
| Déjà Vu all over again | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Apr. 26, 2023 |
| Exploding vocabulary | Government | Mar. 10, 2023 |
| Confiscating equity through foreclosure? | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jan. 25, 2023 |
| Making a federal case out of title | Real Estate/Development, Government | Dec. 28, 2022 |
| In whose backyard? | Land Use, Government | Nov. 30, 2022 |
| Real estate exactions – again | Real Estate/Development, California Courts of Appeal | Oct. 24, 2022 |
| Apartment owners prevail in COVID-19 test | Real Estate/Development, Government, Contracts | Sep. 28, 2022 |
| Oil and gas and cities – Oh, my! | Land Use, Government, Environmental & Energy | Aug. 31, 2022 |
| Takings and copyright law | Intellectual Property | Jul. 27, 2022 |
| Can a bee ever be a fish? Ah, definitions… | Environmental & Energy, California Courts of Appeal | Jun. 3, 2022 |
| COVID shutdowns and the Constitution | Litigation & Arbitration, Covid Columns, Constitutional Law | May 31, 2022 |
| Someday your price will come? Really? | Real Estate/Development, Land Use, Government | Apr. 27, 2022 |
| The unconstitutional conditions doctrine | Constitutional Law | Mar. 28, 2022 |
| The regulatory taking conundrum | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Feb. 28, 2022 |
| Constitutional takings by animals? | Constitutional Law | Jan. 25, 2022 |
| Takings law potpourri in 2021 | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Dec. 30, 2021 |
| Ethics, schmethics — this is property litigation! | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Nov. 29, 2021 |
| An invalid targeted taking | Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation | Oct. 26, 2021 |
| ‘Too Big to Fail’ — The Sequel | Constitutional Law | Sep. 29, 2021 |
| A smorgasbord of rental takings cases | Real Estate/Development | Aug. 25, 2021 |
| A SCOTUS takings trifecta | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jul. 7, 2021 |
| Paper streets and the US Constitution | Constitutional Law | Jun. 23, 2021 |
| Over-reaching regulation squelched | Land Use, Constitutional Law | May 18, 2021 |
| Is the prevention of ‘future blight’ a public use? | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Apr. 28, 2021 |
| Regulatory revelation | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Mar. 29, 2021 |
| New book explains regulatory takings in the wake of Knick | Feb. 23, 2021 | |
| Possibly the US Supreme Court’s next takings case | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Jan. 27, 2021 |
| A plea for publication: ruling on common takings issue | Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation, California Courts of Appeal | Dec. 4, 2020 |
| Do farmers have property rights? | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Nov. 30, 2020 |
| Access to federal courts still denied to property owners | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Oct. 28, 2020 |
| RBG, her successor and takings law | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Sep. 29, 2020 |
| Biden on property rights | Constitutional Law | Aug. 25, 2020 |
| Kelo, continued | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jul. 28, 2020 |
| What are they thinking? | Government, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation | Jul. 1, 2020 |
| COVID-19 meets the 5th Amendment | Constitutional Law | May 27, 2020 |
| Sprawl vs density | Government, Constitutional Law | Apr. 30, 2020 |
| Unfinished takings business at the US Supreme Court | Land Use, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court | Mar. 26, 2020 |
| Dropping Hurricane Harvey’s other shoe | Constitutional Law | Feb. 26, 2020 |
| Property ‘dedication’: Gift or theft? | Constitutional Law | Jan. 29, 2020 |
| The Feds’ evasion of takings law | Government, Constitutional Law | Dec. 27, 2019 |
| Knick interruptus? | U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Dec. 10, 2019 |
| Coastal Commission: Talk to the Dutch | Government, Constitutional Law | Nov. 27, 2019 |
| Ethics at the California Coastal Commission | Constitutional Law, California Courts of Appeal | Oct. 30, 2019 |
| Definitional theft as government policy? Not so fast | U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Sep. 25, 2019 |
| Clarifying regulatory takings | Constitutional Law | Aug. 27, 2019 |
| Ding dong, the witch is dead! | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jun. 24, 2019 |
| If you see a fork in the road, take it | Government, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | May 29, 2019 |
| Missed opportunity to align state and federal takings law | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court | Apr. 17, 2019 |
| An Eighth Amendment takings case | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Feb. 22, 2019 |
| The case of the public pissoir | Jan. 30, 2019 | |
| Realigning takings law in California | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court | Dec. 28, 2018 |
| Only an actual habitat can be designated a ‘critical’ habitat | U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy | Nov. 28, 2018 |
| Strange things are afoot in this takings decision | Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, California Courts of Appeal | Oct. 30, 2018 |
| Federalism and takings law do not blend | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Sep. 26, 2018 |
| Interest? You think we owe you interest? | Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Aug. 29, 2018 |
| High court should settle exaction of property issue | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jul. 25, 2018 |
| Takings case is a carnival of constitutional errors | Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law | Jun. 27, 2018 |
| Takings law outside of California | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | May 30, 2018 |
| Eminent domain, the movie | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Apr. 25, 2018 |
| Constitutional protection against temporary takings | U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Mar. 28, 2018 |
| Strange things are afoot in takings case | U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law | Feb. 28, 2018 |
| Endangered species case: critical habitat or regulatory taking? | U.S. Supreme Court, Environmental & Energy, Constitutional Law | Jan. 31, 2018 |
| Asylum law meets eminent domain | U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration, Constitutional Law, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals | Dec. 28, 2017 |
| Ripeness: the ghost of takings' past | U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law | Nov. 30, 2017 |
| Keep your options open | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law, California Courts of Appeal | Oct. 25, 2017 |
| When is it not a constitutional taking case? | U.S. Supreme Court, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law | Sep. 27, 2017 |
| Takings occur administratively and legislatively | Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court, California Courts of Appeal | Aug. 30, 2017 |
| Turning takings law into hash | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jul. 26, 2017 |
| Nice guys (get to keep their property after all) | Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court, Appellate Practice | Jun. 28, 2017 |
| Creating public property by ipse dixit | U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Constitutional Law | Jun. 1, 2017 |
| Can private property be protected against the sea? | Constitutional Law, California Supreme Court | Apr. 26, 2017 |
| The next big takings case... maybe | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Mar. 30, 2017 |
| The 'whole parcel' takings conundrum | Constitutional Law | Feb. 25, 2017 |
| The ripeness hurdle in takings cases | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Jan. 26, 2017 |
| Why takings law matters | Constitutional Law | Dec. 29, 2016 |
| Property law and the Scalia legacy | U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law | Dec. 1, 2016 |
| Courts' Response to Shoddy Appellate Practice? Pony Up! | Appellate Practice | Jan. 4, 2006 |
| So Far, State's Housing Push Has Been All Yak, No Shack | Real Estate/Development, Government | Mar. 2, 2005 |
| Case Name | Topic | Role | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randel Woodgrift, et al. v. R&R Trucking, City of Lake Elsinore | Personal Injury | Defendant | Sep. 22, 2007 |
| Harmony Wilson v. Community Memorial Hospital, Michael Green | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Jul. 15, 2006 |
| Lucia Delzio, Diana Carolina Delzio, Anthony Andrew Delzio v. Arnold Berlin, M.D., Arnold Berlin, M.D., Inc. | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Jun. 3, 2006 |
| Michael Dufour v. Herve Dumont | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Feb. 24, 2004 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Apr. 17, 2001 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Apr. 17, 2001 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Mar. 27, 2001 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Mar. 20, 2001 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 18, 2000 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 18, 2000 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 18, 2000 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 18, 2000 |
| Anthony Fortier, et al. v. Rick Murray | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 16, 2000 |
| Margaret Woelich v. Kaiser | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | May 20, 2000 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | May 18, 2000 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Apr. 1, 2000 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Apr. 1, 2000 |
| Confidential | Contracts | judge | Mar. 25, 2000 |
| Robert McMahan and Roy McMahan v. Parkview Community Hospital, John Robertson, M.D., Chao-Huange Sun, M.D., Wan Hee Choi, M.D. | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Jun. 19, 1999 |
| The Prudential Jon Douglas Co. dba, The Prudential Realty, et al. v. Bakersfield Athletic Club, Inc., et al. | Contracts | Expert / technical | Mar. 20, 1999 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Oct. 31, 1998 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Oct. 24, 1998 |
| Milagro Rivera v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., et al. | Personal Injury | Claimant | Sep. 19, 1998 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Sep. 19, 1998 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Jun. 27, 1998 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury | Plaintiff | Jun. 20, 1998 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury | judge | May 23, 1998 |
| Madeline Wolpa; Steven Wolpa v. Southern California Orthopedic Institute; Asta Elizabeth Bloze, M.D. | Personal Injury | Claimant | Feb. 7, 1998 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 8, 1997 |
| Aradi Ltd.; Allied Investment and Development Inc.; CG (Texas) Inc., et al. v. Ernest T. Mansi and Raymond Null | Business Law | judge | Nov. 8, 1997 |
| John Maddex v. Ken Becker; Kenneth Management Group | Personal Injury | judge | May 31, 1997 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Jan. 11, 1997 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | judge | Nov. 23, 1996 |
| Maximilian Schell v. Wolfgang Bocksch Concerts | Entertainment Law | Defendant | Aug. 10, 1996 |
| Salvador and Maria Viramontes v. Phillip Ruiz, M.D., et al. | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | judge | Jan. 13, 1996 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 23, 1995 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 23, 1995 |
| Wanda Brammer v. Vincent Ajanwachuka, M.D., et al. | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Nov. 18, 1995 |
| Confidential | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | Plaintiff | Apr. 8, 1995 |
| Japan Publicity v. Bridge USA and Yoshihiro Ishii | Intellectual Property | judge | Mar. 4, 1995 |
| Christine Rangel v. Excel Paving Company | Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) | judge | Nov. 5, 1994 |
| Sloane Sudeck v. NSI Services, Inc. | Employment Law | judge | Feb. 12, 1994 |
| Title | Category | Published |
|---|---|---|
| In whose backyard? | Land Use | Nov. 30, 2022 |
