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RLUIPA Ripeness

Stewart E. Sterk

In Rabbi Israel Meyer Hacochen Rabbinical Seminary of America v. Town of Putnam Valley, a federal district court in the Southern District of New York dismissed a RLUIPA claim as unripe, borrowing ripeness doctrine from the takings context and declining to apply a "futility exception" to the requirement that a landowner obtain a final decision before proceeding to federal court.

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Development

NYRE Staff

Taking Claim Ripe In Light of Town's Failure to Act

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Co-ops and Condominiums

NYRE Staff

Multiple Dwelling Law §302 Does Not Apply to Co-Ops

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Eminent Domain Law

NYRE Staff

Inverse Condemnation Claim Time-Barred

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Real Property Law

NYRE Staff

Church's Board Approved Sale Questions of Fact About Ouster Precluded Dismissal of Accounting Claim Against Co-Tenant Forgery Allegations Failed to Raise Question of Fact No Private Right of Action to Enforce Food Cart Regulations

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District Court Rules on Ripeness of Claim Under RLUIPA

Stewart E. Sterk

When does a RLUIPA claim become ripe? A federal district court in the Southern District of New York dismissed a RLUIPA claim as unripe, borrowing ripeness doctrine from the takings context and declining to apply a "futility exception" to the requirement that a landowner obtain a final decision before proceeding to federal court.

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Severing a Master Lease Raises Thorny Issues

By Peter E. Fisch & Salvatore Gogliormella

A master lease structure is often used where a single landlord and a single tenant intend to lease multiple properties. By using a master lease structure to cover multiple properties as opposed to individual leases, the parties can streamline administration of a large-scale portfolio of properties. However, master lease severance comes with a series of complications.

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The Scrivener's Error Doctrine In Commercial Lease Drafting

Efrem Z. Fischer

What are the limits of efforts to rescind or reform an agreement based upon a mistake? Can a mere "Scrivener's Error" during drafting result in a wholesale extinguishing of a lease document?

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CRE Case Roundup

CLLS Staff

A compilation of commercial real estate rulings in courts across the country.

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Inconsistent Property Description Does Not Invalidate Mortgage

Stewart E. Sterk

Can a purchaser of a condominium unit at the condominium board's foreclosure sale take free of a prior mortgage by identifying errors or ambiguities in the mortgage documents? In 21647 LLC v. Deutsche National Trust Co., the District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected a bevy of claims raised by the purchaser and held that the purchaser had constructive notice of the mortgage and took subject to the mortgage's priority.

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