Real Estate & Property Law

Ninth Circuit Rent Control Takings Case (Guggenheim) Preview

By Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)

The Ninth Circuit's en banc rent control takings case, set for oral argument in Pasadena tomorrow, has generated big interest.

In Guggenheim v. City of Goleta, 582 F.3d 996 (9th Cir., Sep. 28, 2009), a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the city's mobile home rent control ordinance was a regulatory taking. The court found the case ripe under Williamson County, and addressed the merits of the takings claim. On March 12, 2010, the court ordered en banc review.

Twelve amici have filed briefs (10 supporting the property owners, and 2 supporting the City; available here on our resource page), and the court will be beaming the June 22, 2010 oral arguments live to the San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle courthouses at 2:00 p.m. if you can't make it to Pasadena.

We will be in the Pasadena courtroom tomorrow, and although we can't live blog from federal court, we will bring you our thoughts on the arguments as soon as the session wraps.

More, including a full set of the briefs, on our resource page.

Full post as published by inversecondemnation on June 21, 2010 (boomark / email).