This article examines the potential dangers that may be encountered by inexperienced land use planners. The article begins with a review of statutes and case law involving annexation agreements in Illinois. Next, the author ...

Growing tensions between government efforts to require private property use or development in ways that promote the health, safety, and general quality of life within our communities are exacerbated by the so-called "Takings" ...

This article discusses the consequences that the United States Supreme Court decision in Dolan v. City of Tigard has had on the ability of local land use regulators to impose development impact fees. The author notes that ...

It has been argued that Illinois land use law gives municipalities within the State of Illinois broad discretion in making land use decisions. This being the case, the question becomes whether such latitude actually results ...

This address explores the contributions made by Nollan v. California Coastal Commission and Dolan v. City of Tigard to land use law. According to the speaker, the two cases move the analysis in the proper direction by ...

Although courts have traditionally been skeptical of conditional zoning, the fundamental and well taken grounds for such skepticism have been eclipsed by the emergence of planning. Conditions which are imposed pursuant to ...

This article reviews some of the major cases of twentieth century land use law. The author points out that even if an economic analysis is applied to Dolan v. City of Tigard, Dolan was in a better economic position with ...

The constitutional rules of the game for environmental and land-use advocates and commentators shifted noticeably during the October 1991 Term of the United States Supreme Court. This article considers the impact of three ...