Amici Briefs In SCOTUS Due Process Ripeness Case - The End For Williamson County?

Here are all of the amici briefs in support of the property owners/petitioners in Kurtz v. Verizon New York, Inc., No. 14-439 (cert. petition filed Oct. 14, 2014).

That's the case in which the Second Circuit threw out a complaint on Williamson County ripeness grounds. Odd thing was that the court held that a procedural due process claim was not ripe under Williamson County's exhaustion of state remedies prong. But as we wrote here (and in our amicus brief for NFIB Small Business Legal Center), Williamson County is built on a takings-specific rationale: a federal takings claim is not ripe for federal court review until just compensation has been denied by the state (including a state court).

• Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
• Pacific Legal Foundation and Cato Institute
• National Association of Home Builders and Franklin P. Kottschade
• Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc.
• NFIB Small Business Legal Center

Overall, the theme of the briefs are that the Williamson County experiment has run its course, and two briefs (NFIB's and PLF's) expressly call out for the Court to overrule Williamson County.

Now, we wait for the Brief in Opposition, if any.

The cert petition, filed on Kurtz's behalf by the Institute for Justice, is posted here. 

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