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James G. Collins v. Monterey County, California

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-16153 · judgment June 20, 2024


Certiorari denied · February 24, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

Does a taking analyzed under Lucas v. S.C. Coastal Council1 require that the affected property be left with no value even if the regulation in question deprives the property of all economically beneficial uses? Does Palazzolo v. Rhode Island 2 leave any room for consideration of the landowners’ expectations in a Penn Central3 takings analysis? Do the decisions in Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo4, Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, 5 Sheetz v. Cnty. of El Dorado6 and Lingle v. Chevron USA, Inc.7, change the way courts should evaluate the “character of governmental action” factor in a Penn Central analysis?

  1. 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)

  2. 53 U.S. 606 (2001)

  3. Penn Cent. Transp. Co. v. New York City, 438 U.S. 104 (1978)

  4. 144 S.Ct. 2244 (2024)

  5. 594 U.S. 139 (2021)

  6. 601 U.S. 267 (2024)

  7. 544 U.S. 528 (2005)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Milton Sosbe
Sosbe Law Firm, PLLC

For respondent
Samuel Bruce Beiderwell
Monterey County Counsel

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 24 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 22 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
  3. Jan 02 2025
    Brief of respondent Monterey County, California in opposition filed.
  4. Nov 26 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 2, 2025.
  5. Nov 22 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 2, 2024 to January 2, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  6. Oct 28 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 2, 2024)