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Southern California Edison Company, et al. v. Orange County Transportation Authority

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-55498 · judgment March 13, 2024


Certiorari denied · March 3, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a business petitioner.

Question presented

Whether the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause guarantees just compensation when the government forces a privately owned utility to relocate its facilities to make way for a public transit project.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Julian Wing-Kai Poon
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

For respondent
David Allen DeBerry
Woodruff & Smart

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Linked docket
24A437

Proceedings

  1. Mar 03 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 19 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of Edison Electric Institute filed. (Distributed)
  3. Feb 12 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
  4. Feb 10 2025
    Rule 12.6 letter of party interest of Southern California Gas Company received.
  5. Feb 06 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Orange County Transportation Authority to respond filed.
  6. Jan 16 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 21, 2025)
  7. Nov 01 2024
    Application (24A437) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until January 16, 2025.
  8. Oct 30 2024
    Application (24A437) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 17, 2024 to January 16, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.