Real Estate & Property Law

More Amici Supporting Grant of Cert in Pratt (Penn Central and Williamson County)

By Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)

There have now been a total of five briefs amicus curiae filed supporting the petition for writ of certiorari in Charles A. Pratt Construction Co. v. California Coastal Commission, No. 08-668 (cert. petition filed Nov. 18, 2008) (SCOTUS docket report here). 

We wrote here about the California Court of Appeal's decision, reported at  76 Cal. Rptr. 2d 466 (slip opinion available here), the rehearing petition here, and the cert petition here.  The amicus briefs:

• The brief we filed on behalf of Western Manufactured Housing Community Association

• Brief of National Association of Home Builders, California Building Industry Association, Building Industry Association Legal Defense Foundation, and Home Builders Association of Northern California 

• Brief of Pacific Legal Foundation

• Brief of Matteoni, O'Laughlin & Hechtman

• Brief of San Leandro Rock Co., Inc.

The Brief in Opposition of the California Coastal Commission is due January 16, 2009.

Full post as published by inversecondemnation on December 30, 2008 (boomark / email).