When Congress established the Territory of Arizona in 1863, Congress set aside sections 16 and 36 of each township of the Territory of Arizona for the benefit of the Common Schools, a practice first established by the Northwest Ordinance in 1787. Congress recognized then the value of land and the importance of public schools to … [Read more…]
Whether you believe in global warming or not, there is ample evidence that ocean levels are rising, which has created some very interesting legal issues, namely what happens when a public beach moves onto private property? This is precisely the issue in Surfside, Texas – a small beach town south of Houston. To read an … [Read more…]
A recent article in the Arizona Daily Star discussed and highlighted an increasingly controversial land use issue: what happens when the suburbs run into rural land uses, namely small horse ranches. Interestingly, I represent one of the landowners in the article that is facing the opposite situation – what happens when a horse owner alters … [Read more…]