No. 24-736

Village Communities, LLC, et al. v. San Diego County, California, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-01-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: fifth-amendment inverse-condemnation land-use-permit property-rights takings-claim unconstitutional-conditions
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FifthAmendment Takings DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Ninth Circuit's holding that a land use permit applicant/landowner must show the government's permit condition would coerce the applicant to give up both its own property and money to establish a Fifth Amendment takings claim under the unconstitutional conditions doctrine, conflicts with this Court's decision in Koontz v. St. Johns River Management District, 570 U.S. 595 (2013)?

2. Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision is contrary to Koontz, which imposes on the land use permit applicant/landowner only the burden to show that the government imposed an unconstitutional condition that required the applicant to give up property/money for which the Fifth Amendment would otherwise require just compensation under Koontz, Dolan, and Nollan?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit's holding improperly requires a land use permit applicant to show government permit conditions would coerce surrender of property and money to establish a Fifth Amendment takings claim under the unconstitutional conditions doctrine

Docket Entries

2025-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
2025-01-13
Waiver of County of San Diego, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-01-13
Waiver of right of respondents County of San Diego, et al. to respond filed.
2024-12-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 12, 2025)

Attorneys

County of San Diego, et al.
Katie Ann RichardsonSan Diego County Office of County Counsel, Respondent
Village Communities, LLC, et al.
Mark Joseph DillonGatzke Dillon & Ballance LLP, Petitioner