Robert J. Hopperton Professor of Law Campus Phone: (419) 530-2960 Fax Number: (419) 530-7911 E-Mail: robert.hopperton@utoledo.edu Secretary:  Lois Patek (419) 530-2965

Professor Robert J. Hopperton, a faculty member since 1978, is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College (BA), the University of Toledo (MA) and Ohio State University (JD). He is a former Acting Dean and former Associate Dean.

Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Hopperton served as Director of the Law Reform Project, Ohio State University of Law, Assistant Director of the Ohio Department of Commerce, and Chief, Ohio Consumer Protection Division. He also taught at the University of Dayton Law School.

Professor Hopperton has been active in a number of professional and civic organizations including the Toledo Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, Ohio Supreme Court Committees, United Way of Northwest Ohio, Hospice of Northwest Ohio (president), the Toledo/Lucas County Plan Commission, and the Nature Conservancy.

In addition, Professor Hopperton has published in the fields of property and land use.

Recent publications include:

Ohio Supreme Court Regulatory Takings Jurisprudence:  An Analytical Framework, 29 CAPITAL UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW, 321 (2001). Teaching the Rule Against Perpetuities in the First Year Property Course, 31 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 55.

Understanding the Multiple Dimensions of Regulatory Takings:  A Matrix, 30 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 551.

STANDARDS OF JUDICIAL REVIEW IN SUPREME COURT LAND USE OPINIONS: A MONOGRAPH, Austin and Winfield (1998).
 
"Majoritarian and Counter-Majoritarian Difficulties: Democracy, Distrust, and Disclosure in American Land-Use Jurisprudence-A Response to Professors Mandelker and Tarlock," 24 BOSTON COLLEGE ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS LAW REVIEW 541, (1997).
 
"Standards of Judicial Review in Supreme Court Land Use Opinions: A Taxonomy, an Analytical Framework, and a Synthesis," 51 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF URBAN AND CONTEMPORARY LAW 1, (1997).
 
"The Presumption of Validity in American Land Use Law: A Substitute for Analysis, A Source of Significant Confusion," 23 BOSTON COLLEGE ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS LAW REVIEW, 301 (1996).
 
"Teaching Present and Future Interests: A Methodology for Students That Unifies Estates in Land Concepts, Structures, and Principles," 26 THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 609, (1995).