Brief Amicus Curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioners, Fritz v. Washoe County, No. 19-1175 (Apr. 24, 2020)
Brief Amicus Curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioners, Fritz v. Washoe County, No. 19-1175 (Apr. 24, 2020)
Brief Amicus Curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation in Support of Petitioners, Fritz v. Washoe County, No. 19-1175 (Apr. 24, 2020)
19-1175
In The
Supreme Court of the United States
____________________
Petitioners,
v.
Respondent.
____________________
BRIAN T. HODGES
Counsel of Record
DAVID J. DEERSON
Pacific Legal Foundation
930 G Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Telephone: (916) 419-7111
[email protected]
QUESTION PRESENTED
To constitute a taking under the Fifth and Fourteenth
Amendments, must a physical invasion also destroy or
substantially impair an owner’s economically
beneficial uses of property?
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Table of Contents
Table of Authorities
Page(s)
Cases
Arkansas Game & Fish Comm’n v. United
States, 568 U.S. 23 (2012) ................... 1, 2, 3, 4, 9
Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington,
538 U.S. 216 (2003) ........................................... 11
Casitas Mun. Water Dist. v. United States,
543 F.3d 1276 (Fed. Cir. 2008) ............................ 7
City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at
Monterey, Ltd., 526 U.S. 687 (1999) ................... 1
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church
of Glendale v. Cty. of Los Angeles, Cal.,
482 U.S. 304 (1987) ..................................... 11, 12
Hendler v. United States,
952 F.2d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 1991) ........................ 5, 6
Horne v. Dep’t of Agric.,
576 U.S. 350, 135 S. Ct. 2419 (2015) ........ 2, 4, 10
Int’l Paper Co. v. United States,
282 U.S. 399 (1931) ............................................. 7
Kaiser Aetna v. United States,
444 U.S. 164 (1979) ......................................... 5, 6
Keystone Bituminous Coal Ass’n v.
DeBenedictis, 480 U.S. 470 (1987) .................... 11
Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States,
338 U.S. 1 (1949) ................................................. 7
Knick v. Twp. of Scott, Pennsylvania,
139 S. Ct. 2162 (2019) ......................................... 1
Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Mgmt.
Dist., 570 U.S. 595 (2013).................................... 1
Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.,
544 U.S. 528 (2005) ......................................... 1, 5
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Rule
Supreme Court Rule 37.2(a) ..................................... 1
Other Authorities
Paul, Jeremy, The Hidden Structure of
Takings Law,
64 S. Cal. L. Rev 1393 (1991) .............................. 9
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INTEREST OF AMICUS
Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 37.2(a), Pacific
Legal Foundation submits this brief amicus curiae in
support of Petitioners John and Melissa Fritz. 1
Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) was founded over
45 years ago and is widely recognized as the largest
and most experienced nonprofit legal foundation of its
kind. PLF has participated in numerous cases before
this Court both as counsel for parties and as amicus
curiae. PLF attorneys litigate matters affecting the
public interest at all levels of state and federal courts
and represent the views of thousands of supporters
nationwide who believe in limited government and
private property rights. PLF attorneys participated as
lead counsel in Knick v. Twp. of Scott, Pennsylvania,
139 S. Ct. 2162 (2019); Murr v. Wisconsin, 137 S. Ct.
1933 (2017); Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Mgmt.
Dist., 570 U.S. 595 (2013); Palazzolo v. Rhode Island,
533 U.S. 606 (2001); Suitum v. Tahoe Regional
Planning Agency, 520 U.S. 725 (1997); and Nollan v.
California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987),
and participated as amicus curiae in Marvin M.
Brandt Revocable Tr. v. United States, 572 U.S. 93
(2014); Arkansas Game & Fish Comm’n v. United
States, 568 U.S. 23 (2012); Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A.,
Inc., 544 U.S. 528 (2005), and City of Monterey v. Del
Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd., 526 U.S. 687 (1999);
record for all parties received notice at least 10 days prior to the
due date of Amici Curiae’s intention to file this brief. No counsel
for any party authored this brief in whole or in part and no
person or entity made a monetary contribution specifically for
the preparation or submission of this brief. No person other than
Amicus Curiae, its members, or its counsel made a monetary
contribution to this brief’s preparation or submission.
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