MO Appeals Court Affirms Reversal of Preservation Board’s Denial of Roofing...
This post was authored by Sebastian Perez, Esq. The City of St. Louis (the “City”), the City of St. Louis Preservation Board (the “Board”), and its individual members (collectively “Appellants”)...
View ArticleMO Appeals Court Affirms Reversal of Preservation Board’s Denial of Roofing...
This post was authored by Sebastian Perez, Esq. The City of St. Louis (the “City”), the City of St. Louis Preservation Board (the “Board”), and its individual members (collectively “Appellants”)...
View ArticleNY Appellate Court Annuls Town Board’s Denial of Certificate of...
This post was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq. The Appellate Division, Second Department annulled a town board’s denial of a certificate of appropriateness for a utility substation project and directed...
View ArticleNY Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging Landmark...
This post was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq. In Yu Chan Li v City of New York, 2025 NY Slip Op 04275 (2d Dept 7/23/25), the Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed the dismissal of a property...
View ArticleIL Appeals Court Upholds Historic District Designation and Dismisses Equal...
This post was authored by Luke Jenkins, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center Plaintiff-Appellant, property owner, brought suit against the City of Chicago (City) alleging the City’s...
View ArticleNY Appellate Court Allows Demolition of Modern Structure in Village Historic...
This post was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq. In the 2025 case Matter of Bliss v Village of Southampton Bd. of Architectural Review & Historic Preserv., the Appellate Division, Second Department...
View ArticleFed. Dist. Court in PA Finds City Lacked Authority to Place Church on...
This post was authored by Luke Jenkins, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center Plaintiffs Bishop David A. Zubik, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, and Saint Mary of the Mount Parish...
View ArticleFed. Dist. Court in PA Denies Due Process, Equal Protection and Takings...
This post was authored by Luke Jenkins, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center The United States District Court of the Western District of Pennsylvania issued a detailed decision granting in...
View ArticleNY Appellate Court Dismisses Challenge To Decision Of The Landmarks...
This post was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq. The New York Appellate Division, First Department, dismissed a petition challenging a decision of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (“LPC”)...
View ArticleNY Appellate Court Affirms Certificate Of Appropriateness Granted By The NYC...
This post was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq. A New York appellate court upheld a decision of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (“LPC”) that granted a certificate of appropriateness to...
View ArticleMI Appeals Court Finds Historical District Commission Reasonably Decided...
This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. This case arose from an application submitted by petitioner, Lehman Investment Company, LLC, requesting permission to demolish a home in the historic...
View ArticleSC Supreme Court Finds Overlay Ordinance Did Not Impermissibly Spot Zone...
This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. The City of Myrtle Beach created a zoning overlay district in an effort to improve the “family friendly” nature of the downtown area to combat the sale...
View ArticleDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals Finds Authorization of a Subdivision of...
This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. The consolidated appeals of this case involved the ongoing construction of an apartment building behind the Scottish Rite Temple – a historic landmark...
View ArticleNJ Appeals Court Reverses Determination of Historic Preservation Officer...
This post was authored by Bradley Billing, Touro University, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Touro Law Center In 1987, Joseph Berardo (“Plaintiff”) purchased a two-and-a-half-story, wood-framed, four-unit...
View ArticleSD Supreme Court Holds Record Supported Commission’s Denial of Building...
This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. The City of Deadwood established the Deadwood Historic District, which includes the property located in its downtown area. To guide its Commission in...
View ArticleNY Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Challenge to Town Board’s Historic...
This post was authored by Tyler Doan, Esq. Petitioner, the owner of a historic theater, with an adjacent property owner, challenged the Town of Hempstead Town Board’s determination of the Petitioner’s...
View ArticleNY Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Finding No Standing to Challenge...
This post was authored by Marie Sylvestre, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Touro Law Center The Kingstonian project consists of a plan to redevelop parcels in the Kingston Stockade Historic District located within...
View ArticleSixth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Finding That Failure to Apply for a...
This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. Andrew Stevens and Melanie Copenhaver completed a major landscaping project in the front yard of their home in Columbus’s Bryden Road Historic...
View ArticleCourt of Appeals of Maryland Finds Resolution to Remove Historic Schoolhouses...
This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. Prince George’s County Council sought to remove two historic schoolhouses in Upper Marlboro, Maryland from the 2010 Prince George’s County Historic...
View ArticleFed. Dist. Ct of KY Denies Objections to the Listing of a Property in the...
This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq. As it pertains to this case, the National Historic Preservation Act (“NHPA”) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (“Secretary”) to “expand and...
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