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Cooper D. Johnson v. Malia M. Cohen, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as State Controller of California, et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, No. A161442 · judgment March 16, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether the Controller’s actions under color of the California Unclaimed Property Law, Cal. Civ. Proc. Code §§ 1300, et seq. (“UPL”), violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because they deprive owners of their property without affording constitutionally adequate notice.
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Whether the Controller’s actions under color of the California UPL violate the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment because they take private property without just compensation.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Laurence Henry Tribe
Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP
For respondent
Joshua Patashnik
California Department of Justice
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Dec 11 2023Petition DENIED.
- Dec 01 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
- Nov 30 2023Rescheduled.
- Nov 14 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
- Nov 10 2023Reply of petitioner Cooper Johnson filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
- Nov 01 2023Brief of respondents Malia Cohen, individually and in her official capacity as State Controller of the State of California, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
- Sep 29 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 15, 2023.
- Sep 28 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 16, 2023 to November 15, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 12 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 16, 2023)