The California Coastal Commission has filed its Brief in Opposition to the cert petition in Charles A. Pratt Const. Co. v. California Coastal Comm’n, No. 08-668 (cert. petition filed Nov. 18, 2008) (SCOTUS docket report here). The California Court of Appeal’s opinion, reported at 76 Cal. Rptr. 2d 466 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) is available here).
The issues presented involve the Penn Central ad-hoc test for regulatory takings, and the “final determination” prong of the Williamson County ripeness rule.
We filed an amicus brief in the case, available here. The cert petition and the other amici briefs supporting it are posted here.