RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF INTEREST TO STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS USING
HAAR & WOLF, LAND USE PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A CASEBOOK (ELI PRESS, 2010)
Land use planning law is a swiftly changing and constantly evolving field. To get a sense of the law in flux, we have provided the links below to students and instructors who are using HAAR & WOLF, with parenthetical references to casebook pages in which the reader can find a relevant discussion. We hope you enjoy using our casebook, and please check back periodically for additional developments.
Decision of the New York Court of Appeals (November 24, 2009), holding that a taking of private property for Atlantic Yards project was public use (casebook pages 229-43): Goldstein v. New York State Urban Development Corporation, http://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/decisions/2009/nov09/178opn09.pdf
Amendment to New Hampshire’s variance statute (RSA 674:33(I)(b)), redefining “unnecessary hardship” (casebook pages 305-16): 2009 N.H. Ch. 307 (SB 147), http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/SB0147.html
