No. 24-729

Forrest L. Geist v. Kansas State University Foundation, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-01-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-rights intellectual-property property-protection safe-harbor sovereign-immunity takings-clause
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-03-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

Q: May a natural person, whose IP is taken by state gov't w/o payment, seek fair redress under the self-executing Takings Clause if that state's legislation affirms a justiciable cause of action while disallowing sovereign immunity as a possible litigation defense?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

May a natural person, whose IP is taken by state gov't w/o payment, seek fair redress under the selfexecuting Takings Clause if that state's legislation affirms a justiciable cause of action while disallowing sovereign immunity as a possible litigation defense?

Docket Entries

2025-03-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/7/2025.
2025-01-30
Waiver of right of respondent Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center to respond filed.
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2025-01-29
Waiver of right of respondent Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship, Inc. dba NetWork Kansas to respond filed.
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2025-01-24
Waiver of right of respondents Grow Hays, Inc. and its employee, David Clingan to respond filed.
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2025-01-23
Waiver of Kansas State University; David Toland; Kansas Department of Commerce of right to respond submitted.
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2025-01-23
Waiver of right of respondent Kansas State University; David Toland; Kansas Department of Commerce to respond filed.
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2025-01-23
Waiver of right of respondent Kansas State University Foundation to respond filed.
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2025-01-23
Waiver of right of respondent Defendant Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance to respond filed.
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2024-11-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 12, 2025)
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Attorneys

Defendant Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance
Jeffrey M. Kuhlman — Watkins Calcara CHTD, Respondent
Forrest L. Geist
Forrest L. Geist — Petitioner
Grow Hays, Inc. and its employee, David Clingan
Christopher W. Sook — Jeter Law Firm, LLP, Respondent
Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship, Inc. dba NetWork Kansas
Shanon D. Wead — Foulston Siefkin LLP, Respondent
Kansas State University Foundation
Luke M. Meriwether — Lathrop GPM LLP, Respondent
Kansas State University; David Toland; Kansas Department of Commerce
Michael Thomas Raupp — Husch Blackwell LLP, Respondent
Northwest Kansas Economic Innovation Center
Christopher A. McElgunn — Klenda Austerman, LLC, Respondent