Real Estate & Property Law

Ninth Circuit Posts Video Of Guggenheim (Rent Control Takings Case) En Banc Oral Arguments

By Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)

Last month, we attended the oral arguments in the rehearing en banc of Guggenheim v. City of Goleta, 582 F.3d 996 (9th Cir., Sep. 28, 2009).

The three-judge Ninth Circuit panel held 2-1 that a takings challenge was ripe under Williamson County, and ruled the City of Goleta, California's ordinance was a facial taking by applying the three-part Penn Central test. The court remanded the case to the district court for a calculation of compensation owed to the property owners. On March 12, 2010, the court ordered en banc review.

Our summary of the oral argument is posted here. Today, the court posted the video from the hearing, complete with 24-style split screen. Check it out for a rare cameras-in-the-courtroom view of a federal appeals court in action.

Full post as published by inversecondemnation on August 03, 2010 (boomark / email).