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Richard E. Warner, as Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Joseph Ardolino, II, et al. v. City of Marathon, Florida
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 24-10901 · judgment May 27, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
In this Taking by Regulation case, under the Fifth Amendment and Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 US 393, 413 (1922) (“Mahon”) et al., Petitioners (the “Estate”) ask this Court to clarify the Federal Common Law on the following questions: A. Who Decides? Did San Remo’s and this case’s using the Full Faith and Credit Statute/28 USC §1738, mistakenly delegate this Court’s final interpretation of the US Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, to State Courts? Do the Supremacy Clause, Marbury v. Madison, Trump v. Anderson, Exxon-Mobil v. Saudi Basic Industries, 42 USC 1983 et al., prevent State Courts from definitively interpreting the Fifth Amendment in Partial Taking-By-Regulation claims? B. Is “Reverse Spot Zoning” of an existing, legal business, a categorical, per se regulatory taking, under Penn Central? Are Florida Courts and this case mistakenly only using the multi-factor/development/residual value Penn Central formula, for this partial taking? Are reverse spot zoning and destroying an existing legal business by a secret zoning amendment and “abandonment” (the “Zoning Amendment”) both presumed to be per se Fifth Amendment takings? C. Who decides, “Was there a ‘Taking’?” Should the Fifth Amendment and Due Process,
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Richard Erich Warner
Richard E. Warner PA
For respondent
Hudson Carter Gill
Johnson Anselmo et al
Proceedings
- Aug 17 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- Jul 23 2026DISTRIBUTED.
- Jul 10 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Jun 15 2026Petition DENIED.
- May 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
- May 19 2026Waiver of right of respondent City of Marathon, FL to respond filed.
- Sep 24 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 11, 2026)
- Aug 19 2025Application (25A193) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until September 24, 2025.
- Aug 14 2025Application (25A193) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 25, 2025 to October 10, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.