No. 22-1098

David Parsons Demarest v. Town of Underhill, Vermont, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2023-05-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: due-process federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts property-rights retroactive-application retroactivity statute-of-limitations takings takings-litigation
Latest Conference: 2023-06-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. When Knick changed the world of takings
litigation by allowing—for the first time since
1985—a property owner with a claim for
unconstitutional taking of property to file suit in
federal court, must that decision be applied
retroactively, with the time to file suit tolled until
the date Knick was decided, so as to give its benefit
to property owners who had been precluded from
suing in federal court before?

2. When Wilkins confirmed in the real property
context that statutes of limitation are not
jurisdictional but are merely claim processing tools,
must lower courts now treat statutes of limitation as
affirmative defenses to be proved at trial by the
defendant?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in refusing to give retroactive effect to Knick v. Township of Scott and Wilkins v. United States

Docket Entries

2023-06-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-08
Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation and Owners' Counsel of America filed. (Distributed)
2023-05-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/15/2023.
2023-05-24
Waiver of right of respondent Town of Underhill, Vermont, et al. to respond filed.
2023-05-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 9, 2023)

Attorneys

David P. Demarest
Michael M. BergerMANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP, Petitioner
Pacific Legal Foundation and Owners' Counsel of America
Robert H. ThomasPacific Legal Foundation, Amicus
Town of Underhill, Vermont, et al.
Kevin L. KiteCarroll, Boe, Pell & Kite, P.C., Respondent