Show Notes - Supreme Court Finds Extortion Unconstitutional
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California homeowner George Sheetz won a victory at the Supreme Court on Friday in his challenge to the constitutionality of a fee that he was required to pay the county to receive a permit to build his home. In a unanimous decision authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the justices agreed with Sheetz that conditions on building permits should be subject to heightened scrutiny even if they were authorized by legislation, rather than imposed on an individual basis by administrators.
The decision was a relatively narrow one that did not come as much of a surprise after the oral argument in January, at which Justice Neil Gorsuch had observed that both Sheetz and the county were in “radical agreement” on the question that the court had agreed to decide. The justices on Friday answered only that question – in Sheetz’s favor – and sent the case back to the state courts for another look in light of the Supreme Court’s decision.
Links
Sheetz v County Of El Dorado County Docket Page
Sheetz v County Of El Dorado Opinion of the Court
Sheetz v County Of El Dorado Question Presented
Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
Dolan v. City of Tigard, 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Mgmt. Dist, 133 S. Ct. 2586 (2013)
DeVillier v. Texas, 601 U.S. ___ (2024)
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