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| Practice Areas | Land Use Law; Municipal Law; Elections Law | | | Education | McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, J.D., with honors, 1984, University of California at Davis, B.A., 1981 | | | Admitted | 1985, California | |
| Born | Boston, Massachusetts, March 28, 1958 | | | Biography | Member, Traynor Honor Society. Moot Court Honors. | | | ISLN | 907698225 | |
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Ninth Circuit Finds That Local Rent Control Constitutes a Regulatory TakingMichael Patrick Durkee, Thomas P. Tunny, David H. Blackwell, October 16, 2009 The vexing issue of "regulatory takings" has bubbled up again in a provocative ruling by the Ninth Circuit. In Guggenheim v. City of Goleta, 2009 DJDAR 14205 (September 28, 2009), the Ninth Circuit reversed the District Court and struck down the City of Goleta's Rent Control Ordinance...
State Law Does Not Preempt Local Regulation of Medical Marijuana DispensariesDavid H. Blackwell, Michael Patrick Durkee, Thomas P. Tunny, October 16, 2009 Local regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries has become an area of increased public concern. On September 22, 2009, the Second Appellate District published City of Claremont v. Kruse (B210084), where it affirmed the trial court's issuance of a permanent injunction preventing defendants...
Bad Times, Worse Times: Extending the Life of Your Tentative Map during Market DownturnsMichael Patrick Durkee, Thomas P. Tunny, July 17, 2009 What to do? You hold an already-approved Tentative Map or a Vesting Tentative Map (the following discussion covers both types of Maps). You must satisfy extensive and expensive conditions of approval (attached to the Tentative Map) in order to secure and record the Final Map creating the lots, but...
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