No. 20-890

Stanford Vina Ranch Irrigation Company v. California, et al.

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2021-01-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Response Waived
Tags: compensation constitutional-rights due-process emergency-authority property-rights public-trust-doctrine quasi-legislative takings water-rights
Key Terms:
Environmental DueProcess Takings Securities Patent JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether government may avoid constitutional rights to due process and compensation by crafting quasi-legislative regulations that eliminate the property interest of specific individuals and take their property.

Whether government may take the water of adjudicated California water rights for a public use without compensation or due process.

Whether an assertion of emergency authority alters constitutional rights to compensation and due process.

Whether the public trust doctrine may be asserted to the property rights of Mexican Land Grant lands, and without compensation or balancing.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether government may avoid constitutional rights to due process and compensation by crafting quasi-legislative regulations that eliminate the property interest of specific individuals and take their property

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-04
Brief amicus curiae of Central Delta Water Agency filed. (Distributed)
2021-01-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-21
Waiver of right of respondent State of California, et al. to respond filed.
2021-01-21
Brief amicus curiae of Northern California Water Association filed.
2020-12-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2021)

Attorneys

Central Delta Water Agency
Dante John NomelliniNomellini, Grilli & McDaniel Professional Law Corporations, Amicus
Northern California Water Association
Steven Paul SaxtonDOWNEY BRAND LLP, Amicus
Stanford Vina Ranch Irrigation Company
Paul R. MinasianMinasian, Meith, Soares, Sexton & Cooper, LLP, Petitioner
State of California, et al.
William N. JenkinsAttorney General's Office, Respondent