Hat tip to ABA State and Local Government Law colleague (and fellow U.H. Law School alum) Julie Tappendorf for the lead on a newly-published article: John M. Baker and Katherine M. Swenson, Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District: Trudging Through a Florida Wetland with Nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices, in the latest issue of the Zoning and Planning Law Report. Julie writes:
In the May 13, 2013 issue of West’s Zoning & Planning Law Report, John Baker and Katherine Swenson provide a compelling argument, or should I say six compelling arguments, for how the U.S. Supreme Court might decide the Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District case involving the denial of a wetlands permit. For those of you who have been waiting 20 years for the Court to weigh in on another land use condition takings case (post Nollan-Dolan), or have been waiting since January when the Court heard oral argument in Koontz, this article is a must-read.
We will. [Disclosure: We filed an amicus brief in the case in support of the property owner/petitioner, Mr. Koontz.]