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Pooling For Horizontal Wells: Can They Teach An Old Dog New Tricks?, Bruce M. Kramer
Pooling For Horizontal Wells: Can They Teach An Old Dog New Tricks?, Bruce M. Kramer
Shale Plays in the Intermountain West: Legal and Policy Issues (November 12)
74 pages.
This paper was originally published as:
Bruce M. Kramer, “Pooling for Horizontal Wells: Can They Teach an Old Dog New Tricks?,” 55 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 8-1, § 8.05 (2009).
State Fish Stocking Programs At Risk: Takings Under The Endangered Species Act, Amy L. Stein
State Fish Stocking Programs At Risk: Takings Under The Endangered Species Act, Amy L. Stein
UF Law Faculty Publications
Part I of this article provides a brief background to fish stocking practices in the United States, including a discussion of beneficial fish stocking practices, as well as some of the allegations surrounding the detrimental effects. Part II of this article provides some necessary background on section 9 of the ESA, the “actual injury” prong, the “significant impairment” prong, and their application to fish stocking. Part III of this article sets forth recommendations for future clarification and increased consistency on these issues. Specifically, this article supports the use of two rules that can help reconcile the uncertain landscape surrounding a …
Rising Seas And Common Law Baselines: A Comment On Regulatory Takings Discourse Concerning Climate Change, J. Peter Byrne
Rising Seas And Common Law Baselines: A Comment On Regulatory Takings Discourse Concerning Climate Change, J. Peter Byrne
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
In several recent cases considering claims that regulatory measures addressing rising sea levels violate the Takings Clause, courts have given significant normative weight to traditional common law rules, even when such rules have long been superseded by statutory provisions. This essay argues that giving analytic precedence to such common law baselines lacks justification and can pose serious obstacles to reasonable measures to adapt to climate change.