No. 23-807

El Papel, LLC, et al. v. City of Seattle, Washington, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (7)Response Waived
Tags: 5th-amendment constitutional-law due-process eighth-circuit land-use-regulation ninth-circuit physical-taking property-rights rental-property takings takings-clause
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether an ordinance that compels the possession of property by an unwelcome occupant is a categorical physical taking, as the Eighth Circuit held in Heights Apartments, LLC v. Walz, 30 F.4th 720 (8th Cir. 2022), or a permissible regulation of use under Yee v. City of Escondido, as the Ninth Circuit held below?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an ordinance that compels the possession of property by an unwelcome occupant is a categorical physical taking

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-15
2024-02-14
Brief amicus curiae of California Apartment Association & San Francisco Apartment Association filed. (Distributed)
2024-02-14
Brief amici curiae of Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-02-14
Brief amici curiae of National Apartment Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-02-13
Brief amicus curiae of Rental Housing Association of Washington filed. (Distributed)
2024-02-13
2024-02-06
Brief amicus curiae of Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute filed. (Distributed)
2024-01-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-25
Waiver of right of respondent Seattle, Washington, et al. to respond filed.
2024-01-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 26, 2024)

Attorneys

Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles, California Rental Housing Association, and GHP Management Corporation
Douglas J. DenningtonRutan & Tucker LLP, Amicus
California Apartment Association & San Francisco Apartment Association
Christopher Elliott SkinnellNielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross and Leoni, Amicus
Cato Institute
Anastasia Paulinna BodenCato Institute, Amicus
El Papel, LLC, et al.
Jonathan M. HoughtonPacific Legal Foundation, Petitioner
National Apartment Association, et al.
Paul J. Beard IIFisherBroyles LLP, Amicus
Rental Housing Association of Washington
Philip Albert Talmadge — Amicus
Seattle, WA, et al.
Roger D. WynneSeattle City Attorney's Office, Respondent
Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute
Michael M. BergerManatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Amicus
The Buckeye Institute
Larry James Obhof Jr.Shumaker, Loop and Kendrick LLP, Amicus