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In the Zone: Court Rejects "Equitable Estoppel" Claim of Property Owner

An Illinois Appellate Court ruled in favor of a municipality in a case brought by a property owner challenging the municipality’s zoning decisions relating to the owner’s commercia...

Truth in Planning Law Changes Planning and Zoning for Municipalities

In the Zone: Appellate Court Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit Against County Regarding Denial of Solar Facilities

In January 2023, the Illinois General Assembly enacted Public Act 102-1123 (the Act) which, among other things, amended the Counties Code to codify new standards and procedures for...

Zoning – Neighbors’ challenge to 24 new townhouses fails

Where neighbors challenged the City of Roanoke’s decision to rezone several parcels of land from residential single-family to mixed use planned unit development as unreasonable, bu...

Zoning – Disgruntled resident’s suit against County zoning officials is dismissed

Where a man previously adjudged to have violated County zoning requirements now sued the County and County officials, but his claims failed as a matter of law, his lawsuit was […]...

Hotline Update: MAID vs Montana

Legal Hotline Attorney Vicki Munson breaks down this case where a property-owner group, Montanans Against Irresponsible Densification (MAID), challenged several 2023 Montana housin...

I Hope This Helps рџ‘ЌрџЏЅ: Zoning Edition

I Hope This Helps 👍🏽: Zoning Edition Joshua Woods Tue, 06/02/2026 - 05:00 Primary Image Caption 1922 zoning map of Chicago....

Land Court Orders Bond Under New Statute Governing Zoning Appeals

Colturi v. Eco Land Development LLC involved a dispute over the issuance of a comprehensive permit under G.L. c. 40B to Eco Land Development LLC (“Eco Land”) for the construction o...

Title X of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act: What Real Estate Developers, Investors and Lenders Need to Know

Easement Limitations: Land Court Rejects Emergency-Access Workaround

Farkes v. 648 Canton Avenue, LLC involved a dispute arising from the approval of a comprehensive permit under G.L. c. 40B to construct a 116-unit affordable housing development in...

How to Own Your Real Estate the Right Way

Your home, rental property, vacation house, or even a piece of vacant land represents more than bricks and acreage. The way you legally own that property affects your control durin...

Land use as protest: How American cities are fighting federal immigration detention centers

Land use as protest: How American cities are fighting federal immigration detention centers Diana Ionescu Tue, 06/23/2026 - 05:00 6 minutes

Judge dismisses Shalom Wildlife Zoo zoning lawsuit

A Washington County judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging Shalom Wildlife Zoo after Farmington amended its zoning code to allow zoo operations. The post Judge dismisses Shalom Wild...

Adverse Possession and Prescriptive Easements

In the Zone: Court Denies Injunction Against Village’s Proposed Storm Improvements

To alleviate flooding, a municipality designed and planned certain modifications to its stormwater system. A quarry owner opposed the planned improvements and filed a lawsuit seeki...

Pending State Housing Laws Clear First Legislative Hurdle

Zoning Webinar Outlines Overlooked Front in Data Center Permitting Fights

Panelists discussed how to assuage community pushback with ‘common sense’

The Presumption of Standing Yields to Expert Affidavits Establishing Lack of Injury

Cline v. Planning Board of Framingham involved a dispute arising from the Framingham Planning Board’s approval of zoning relief to permit the construction of a carwash and coffee s...

Facing a Federal Lawsuit, Hill County Repeals Blanket Pause on Data Center Construction, Adopting New Approval Procedure...

Standing -Zoning Variance

Chad and Stacy Owens challenged a zoning variance granted to neighboring property owners Robert Ruppel and Angela Ruppel by the City of Cumberland Board of Appeals. The post Standi...

Ferrisburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment

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A most unlikely project

Few people passing 2031 Eastern Parkway would have given it much thought. The parking lot for buses was obscured by graffiti-stewn fencing and zoned for one story of manufacturing....

21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is Law: Impact on Large Institutional Investors

‘Trade or Commerce’ as a Threshold Issue Under Chapter 93A: Lessons for Professional Services Litigation

In Vuuren v. Lowenstein Sandler LLP, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge entered summary judgment for the defendant in the plaintiff’s Chapter 93A, Section 11 claim based on the p...