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Judith L. Harvey, as Trustee of the David T. & Judith L. Harvey Trust, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of David T. Harvey, Deceased v. City of Reno, Nevada, et al.
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Nevada, No. 88962 · judgment September 8, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a petition under 3,000 words.
Question presented
Whether the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause requires just compensation when a state agency sells the only feasible access to private property, rendering it landlocked and valueless.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Luke Andrew Busby
Luke Andrew Busby, Ltd.
For respondent
Gordon R. Goolsby
Nevada Attorney General's Office
Case
Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jun 24 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jun 18 2026Reply of petitioner Judith L. Harvey filed. (Distributed)
- Jun 05 2026Waiver of right of respondent Washoe County to respond filed.
- Jun 04 2026Brief of respondents City of Reno, Nevada, et al. in opposition filed.
- Jun 03 2026Waiver of right of respondent Green Acres Storage Partners LLC to respond filed.
- Jun 03 2026Waiver of right of respondent The State of Nevada, on Relation of Its Department of Transportation to respond filed.
- May 01 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 4, 2026)