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Writings by Timothy J. Dowling


Books

Good News on Takings
(co-author) (American Planning Ass’n 68pp. 2006)

Redefining Federalism: Listening to the States in Shaping “Our Federalism”
(co-author) (Environmental Law Institute 176pp. 2004)

Takings Litigation Handbook
(co-author) (American Legal Publishing 404pp., 2000)

Book Chapter: How to Think About Kelo After the Shouting Stops
(ABA, Dwight Merriam ed., forthcoming March 2006),
reprinted in 46 Municipal Lawyer 10 (Dec. 2005), and in Minnesota Cities,
p. 4 (Oct. 2005), and in Kansas Government Journal, and in The Urban Lawyer.

 

Articles

Sickening Result
Timothy J. Dowling, California Daily Journal, (March 20, 2007)

Amar for Justice: Why Yale Law Professor Akhil Amar Belongs on the Supreme Court
Timothy J. Dowling, Legal Times, (March 12, 2007)

Court Must Make EPA Do Its Job on Global Warming
Timothy J. Dowling
California Daily Journal (November 29, 2006)

No Pass for Developers
Timothy J. Dowling, Washington Post (November 4, 2006)

Justices Must Hear Latest Greenhouse-Gas Case
Timothy J. Dowling, Los Angeles Daily Journal, (June 07, 2006)

Storm Warning
Timothy J. Dowling & Jennifer Bradley, Legal Times, (June 05, 2006)

America's Waterways Belong Under Federal Eye
Timothy J. Dowling, Los Angeles Daily Journal, (February 21, 2006)

Go With the Flow: When it dips into the Clean Water Act, the Roberts Court should step lightly
Timothy J. Dowling, Legal Times, (February 20, 2006)

Senators Must Learn If Roberts Has Open, Impartial Mind
Timothy J. Dowling, Los Angeles Daily Journal, (August 19, 2005)

A Simple Ethical Problem: Judges Taking Free Gifts
Timothy J. Dowling, Legal Times (August 8, 2005)

Preventing Conflicts of Interest
Timothy J. Dowling, The Washington Times (July 28, 2005)

Stop Judges Tripping on Corporate Dollar
Timothy J. Dowling, Legal Times, July 18, 2005

High Court's Takings Decision Marks Restoration of Logic
Timothy J. Dowling, Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 1, 2005

For Real Picture of High-Court Hopefuls, Review Past Opinions
Timothy J. Dowling, Los Angeles Daily Journal, May 6, 2005 (For PDF version, click here.)

High Court Must End Developers' Relitigation Campaign (PDF)
Timothy J. Dowling, San Francisco Daily Journal, March 28, 2005

Give Eminent Domain A Chance (PDF)
Timothy J. Dowling, Los Angeles Daily Journal, February 22, 2005

Saving a City: Supreme Court Should Bless Use of Eminent Domain to Build Local Economy (PDF)
Timothy J. Dowling, Legal Times, February 21, 2005

Upholding Medi-Pot Measure Would Undercut Civil Rights Laws (PDF)
Timothy J. Dowling, Los Angeles Daily Journal (December 17, 2004)

Can a State Allow Medical Marijuana? No. (PDF)
Timothy J. Dowling, Legal Times (November 29, 2004)

A counterpoint piece with opposing views:
Can a State Allow Medical Marijuana? Yes. (PDF)
Julie M. Carpenter, Legal Times (November 29, 2004)

Lochner Lives
Published in Los Angeles Daily Journal (Forum Column) (September 8, 2004)

“Are the Supreme Court’s ‘Friends of Federalism’ True Blue?”
Published in Los Angeles Daily Journal (Forum Column) (March 24, 2004)

Wandering Far from Tahoe: Reflections on the Relevant Parcel Definition and Nuisance Defense in R.T.G., Inc. v. State of Ohio"
Published in 55 Land Use & Zoning Digest 3 (May 2003)

No Loss, No Foul
Published in Legal Times of Washington, January 20, 2003

Happy Earth Day, LakeTahoe!
Published at 54 Land Use Law & Zoning Digest 8(2002)

On History, Takings Jurisprudence, and Palazzolo: A Reply to James Burling (PDF)
Published at 30 B.C. Envt'l Aff. L. Rev. 65 (2002)

Point/Counterpoint: Reflections on Urban Sprawl, Smart Growth, and the Fifth Amendment
Published at 148 U. Penn. L. Rev. 873.

Disasterous Land-Use Bill is Revived: Gallely measure that would shift authority to federal government gets new life
Published in the Ventura County Star , March 12, 2000.

Bonnie Briar Syndicate, Inc. v. Town of Mamaroneck: The Death Knell for Heightened Scrutiny of Land Use Restrictions
Published in Local Government Law Weekly (December 6, 1999), a publication of the ABA Section on State and Local Government Law.

Searching for Balance on Regulatory Takings
A book review of The Takings Issue: Constitutional Limits on Land Use Control and Environmental Regulations, by Robert Meltz, Dwight H. Merriam, and Richard M. Frank (1999). Published in Municipal Lawyer, Vol. 40, No. 6 at page 31 (Nov./Dec. 1999)

Six Lessons for Municipal Lawyers: City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd.
Presented at International Municipal Lawyers Assoc. 64th Annual Conference, Sept. 1999

Government Works! Case Studies in Environmental Protection, with Lois J. Schiffer
The Tepoel Lecture, delivered by Assistant Attorney General Lois J. Schiffer at Creighton Law School on October 22, 1998, published in the Creighton Law Review (Spring 1999)

Recent Developments in Takings Jurisprudence
Presented at International Municipal Lawyers Assoc. Mid-Year Seminar, April 1999

Ninth Circuit Finds a New Constitutional "Right" to Exclude
February 19, 1999, Local Government Law Weekly

The Need for Eminent Domain, with Douglas Kendall
December 22, 1998, Wall Street Journal

Reflections on the Role of the Courts in Environmental Law, with Lois J. Schiffer
27 Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College Environmental Law 2 (1997)

Weighted Scales at ABA
July 26, 1999, National Law Journal

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