April 12, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that a $23,420 local traffic impact fee charged to a California property owner's rural manufactured home isn't exempt from scrutiny as a Fifth Amendment taking simply because the charge is allowed by legislation.
January 09, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court justices adopted a skeptical line of questioning Tuesday in response to arguments that government permit fees constitute a taking under the Fifth Amendment in a case that could have broad implications for American land use planning.
January 05, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court returns Monday to kick off a new calendar year by hearing arguments over the proper way to notify migrants of immigration court removal procedures, the constitutionality of state legislature-mandated general impact fees and whether prosecutors can present substitute expert witnesses at criminal trials.
November 13, 2023
Attorneys for a California property owner argued in a U.S. Supreme Court brief Monday that the court should rule that legislatively approved development fees must bear an "essential nexus" and "rough proportionality" to a project's impact on the public.