No. 23-1103

Sawtooth Mountain Ranch, LLC, et al. v. United States Forest Service, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-04-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (3)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-rights declaratory-relief equitable-tolling fifth-amendment just-compensation regulatory-taking statute-of-limitations
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw FifthAmendment DueProcess Takings
Latest Conference: 2024-06-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether equitable tolling is available for
statutes of limitation, highlighting a conflict
between Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner , 142 S. Ct.
1493, 1500 (2022), holding that such relief is
"presumptively" available, and the earlier decisions
in United States v. Beggerly , 524 U.S. 38, 49 (1998)
and Block v. North Dakota , 461 U.S. 273, 287 (1983),
holding that the statute of limitations must be
"strictly" applied.

2. Whether the only remedy for a regulatory
taking is cash payment, a conclusion of the Ninth
Circuit that conflicts with recent decisions of this
Court, like Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid , 141 S. Ct.
2063 (2021); Nollan v. California Coastal Comm'n ,
483 U.S. 825 (1987); Dolan v. City of Tigard , 512
U.S. 374 (1994); and Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc .,
544 U.S. 528 (2005), holding that takings relief is not
limited to compensation but can be declaratory or
injunctive, depending on the circumstances.

3. Whether a constitutional right can be
eliminated by a statute — in this case, whether the
"self-executing" just compensation provision of the
Fifth Amendment can be eliminated by a statute
purporting to impose an artificial time limit in which
to sue to enforce that constitutional guarantee.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Question not identified

Docket Entries

2024-08-19
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-07-25
DISTRIBUTED.
2024-07-05
Petition of Sawtooth Mountain Ranch, LLC, Lynn Arnone, and David Boren for rehearing submitted.
2024-07-05
2024-06-10
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
2024-05-17
Supplemental brief of petitioners Sawtooth Mountain Ranch, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed.)
2024-05-13
Waiver of right of respondent Federal Respondents to respond filed.
2024-05-13
2024-05-13
2024-05-13
Brief amicus curiae of Sawtooth Conservation & Recreation Alliance, Inc. filed.
2024-04-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 13, 2024)

Attorneys

Desmond, Nolan, Livaich & Cunningham
Kristen Ditlevsen RenfroDesmond, Nolan, Livaich & Cunningham, Amicus
Federal Respondents
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Pacific Legal Foundation; NFIB Legal Center; Owners' Counsel of America
David Christopher McDonaldPacific Legal Foundation, Amicus
Sawtooth Conservation & Recreation Alliance, Inc.
Albert P. BarkerMarten Law LLP, Amicus
Sawtooth Mountain Ranch, LLC, Lynn Arnone, and David Boren
Michael M. BergerMANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP, Petitioner