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First Amendment

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Freedom of speech, religion, association

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Fifth Amendment

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Just compensation for takings, eminent domain

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Fourteenth Amendment

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Due process, equal protection
Substantive - validity of rule itself
Procedural - whether rule applied fairly

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Nuisance Laws

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Prior to zoning

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Right to Farm Laws

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Who was there first

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Spur Industries v. Webb Development Co. [1972]

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Feed lot could continue operate because it was there first.

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Amortization of Non-Conforming Use

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Elimination of existing use over a period of time with no compensation paid.

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Welch v. Swasey [1909]

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Municipalities have the right to regulate building height. Proper exercise of police power.

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Eubank v. City of Richmond [1912]

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Ordinance is valid use of police power.

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Hadacheck v. Sebastian [1915]

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Approved regulation of location of land uses. Brick production company prohibited in specific locations okay.

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Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. [1926]

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Zoning ordinance upheld as valid use of police power.

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Nectow v. City of Cambridge [1928]

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Zoning ordinance had no valid public purpose so violation of 14th amendment.

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Golden v. Planning Board of the Town of Ramapo [1972]

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Growth management point system upheld - developers could increase point totals by providing public utilities/facilities.

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Construction Industry of Sonoma County v. City of Petaluma [1975]

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Upheld quotas on annual number of building permits issued.

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Associated Home Builders of Greater East Bay v. City of Livermore [1976]

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Upheld temporary moratoriums on building permits to reduce pressure on infrastructure/schools.

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Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States [2013]

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1875 General Railroad Right-of-Way Act grants easement for railroad’s land - if abandoned, reverts to previous owner

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Massachusetts v. EPA [2006]

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Must provide reasonable justification for why it would not regulate greenhouse gasses.

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Rapanos v. United States [2006]

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All waters with a “significant nexus” to “navigable waters” are covered under the CWA

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SD Warren v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection [2006]

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Hydroelectric dams subject to section 401 of CWA.

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Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. [2015]

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Policies that inadvertently regulate minorities to poor areas violate Fair Housing Act.

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Young v. American Mini Theaters [1976]

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Zoning scheme that decentralized sexually oriented businesses upheld.

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Metromedia v. City of San Diego [1981]

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Commercial and non-commercial speech cannot be treated differently.

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Members of City Council v. Taxpayers of Vincent [1984]

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Regulation of signs valid for aesthetic reasons as long as content not regulated.

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City of Renton v. Playtime Theaters, Inc. [1986]

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Placing restrictions on time, place, and manner of adult entertainment acceptable but cannot prohibit.

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Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000

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No land use regulation that imposes substantial burden on religious assembly unless legitimate governmental interest.

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Reed et al. v. Town of Gilbert Arizona [2014]

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Sign ordinance must be content neutral.

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United States v. Gettysburg Electric Company [1896]

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Acquisition of Gettysburg battlefield valid public purpose (historic preservation).

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Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon [1922]

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If regulation goes too far, it is a taking.

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Berman v. Parker [1954]

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Aesthetics is valid public purpose, rid of blight.

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Fred French Investing Co. v. City of New York [1976]

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Public park on private property so no income producing use of property so taking but not that required just compensation.

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Penn Central Transportation Co. v. City of New York [1978]

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Penn Central not allowed to develop air space over station because of preservation law. Not a taking. Historic preservation.

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Agins v. City of Tiburon

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Test for determining whether a zoning ordinance will be considered a taking is the “substantially advances” a legitimate state interest test.

33
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Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corporation [1982]

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Government authorized permanent physical occupation of private property (cable equipment) was taking and required just compensation.

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First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles [1987]

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If property is unusable for period of time than ordinance can be set aside and government pays for damages.

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Keystone Bituminous Coal Association v. DeBenedictis [1987]

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Coal beneath public buildings had to remain 50% for stability but Coal company thought it was a taking. Regulations are not a taking.

36
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FCC v. Florida Power Corporation [1987]

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Taking did not occur from RCC regulating rents for use of utility poles.

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Nollan v. California Coastal Commission [1987]

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Maintaining public beach access is legitimate government interest but it a taking and compensation for public use of land required. Logical Nexus.

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Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council [1992]

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Taking if total reduction in value of property after regulation in place. Land purchased prior so it was a taking.

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Dolan v. Tigard [1994]

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“Rough proportionality” - government can require person to deed over part of land as a condition for a building permit if in public interest.

40
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Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency [1997]

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Do not have to attempt to sell development rights before filing regulatory suit for taking.

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Chief of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey Ltd. [1999]

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Repeated denials of permits deprive owner of economically viable use of land so taking.

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Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. et. al. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency et. al. [2002]

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Moratoria while formulation of comprehensive plan is not a taking requiring compensation. Whole parcel test.

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Lingle v. Chevron USA, Inc. [2005]

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The “substantially advances” test would no longer be used to determine regulatory takings. (reversed part of Agins v. Tiburon)

44
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City of Rando Palos Verdes v. Abrams [2005]

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Ready operator that was denied conditional use permit for antenna could seek damages because distort intent of Telecommunications Act of 1996.

45
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Kelo v. City of New London [2005]

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Economic development, even if taking, is valid use of eminent domain.

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Stop the Beach Renourishment Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection [2010]

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Submerged lands that would be filled by state not a taking without just compensation.

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Koontz v. St. John’s River Water Management [2012]

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Town agreed to issue permit if property owner deeded rest of property in conservation easement. He said no and they denied permit. Was a taking because no specific regulation requiring the easement.

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Munn v. Illinois [1876]

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Public regulation of private property not violate due process when regulation becomes necessary for public good.

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Village of Belle Terre v. Boaraas [1974]

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Constitutional for zoning ordinance to limit number of individuals that may inhabit a dwelling.

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Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation [1977]

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Insufficient evidence to prove Village acted in racially discriminatory manner.

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Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel [1975]

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Mount Laurel had exclusionary zoning that prohibited multi-family, mobile home, and low-income housing.

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Mount Laurel II [1983]

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Governments had to provide “their fair share” of low-income housing.

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City of Boerne v. Flores [1997]

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Church not allowed to enlarge in historic district - ruled that act was unconstitutional exercise of congressional powers.

54
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Police Power

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Without just compensation.

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Eminent Domain

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With just compensation.

56
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Hunter v. City of Pittsburg

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Established sovereignty of a state over its municipalities

57
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Dillon Rule

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Local governments do not have the authority to make decisions - under state governance.

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Home Rule

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Local governments have authority to make decisions that have not been addressed by the state.

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Cheney v. Village 2 at New Hope, Inc.

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Legitimized the planned unit development (PUD) process.

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Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe

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Established “hard look” doctrine for environmental impact review.

61
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Calvert Cliffs’ Coordinating Committee v. Atomic Energy Commission

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National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) is enforceable.

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Sierra Club v. Morton [1972]

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Supreme Count ruled that Sierra Club could not sue Forest Service for allowing ski resort b/c it had not suffered economic, aesthetic, environmental injury.

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Fasano v. Board of County Commissioners of Washington County

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Zoning must be consistent with comp plan.

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Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill

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Endangered Species Act prohibits the completion of the Tellico Dam.

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Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank

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“Claim of a taking is premature where a property owner fails to seek the possible relief of variance and condemnation procedures.”

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Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon

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Government can restrict land development to protect endangered species, not a taking.

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Just v. Marinette County

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Environmental protection laws are reasonable exercise of police power - not a taking. Natural state of shore is a public interest > landowners right to develop.

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General Electric Co. v. Litton Industrial Automation Systems, Inc. [1990]

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CERCLA validated. Requires cleanup of hazardous waste sites - only open to interpretation in acts of God, war.

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Monsanto v. U.S. [1989]

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Decision: Absentee landowner liable for pollution on land leased to someone else, liable for removal.

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Palazzolo v. State of Rhode Island [2001]

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Not allowing landowner to fill wetlands was not a taking - land was purchased after regulations were in effect.

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Penn Central Test

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Consider economic viability, expectations of property owner, and character of government action.

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Whole Parcel Rule

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Consider economic impact of WHOLE parcel. (Tahoe-Sierra)

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Rough Proportionality

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Dedication must be proportional to harm on land (Dolan v. Tigard)

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Logical Nexus

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Government must show that property owner’s land will harm the public interest and a dedication would mitigate this harm. (Nollan v. CCC)

75
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“Givings”

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Property owners pay nothing for an increase in value of their property from land-use regulations.

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