A Deep Dive into High Court's Permit Fee Ruling

Litigation attorney David Robinson and West Coast Land Use and Environment attorney Daniel Golub co-authored an article in Law360 about the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision related to permit fees and land use extractions. In Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, California, the court ruled that more scrutiny is required related to legislative and administratively imposed fees when evoking the Fifth Amendment's takings clause, which requires the government to provide fair market compensation to owners when it wants to purchase private property. In the article, Mr. Robinson and Mr. Golub analyze the case's origin, how it reached the Supreme Court and the ruling's likely legal implications for real estate developers.

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