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Mar. 6, 2018

Billionaire vs surfers case may go to high court

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Vinod Khosla is taking his fight all the way to the Supreme Court.

Bryan W. Wenter

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Miller Starr Regalia

Email: bryan.wenter@msrlegal.com

Bryan is a member of the firm's Land Use Department. His practice centers on land use and local government law, with a particular focus on obtaining and defending land use entitlements for a wide range of development projects, including in-fill, mixed-use, residential, retail/commercial, and industrial.

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Billionaire vs surfers case may go to high court
Martins Beach, once a revered hideaway for surfers, fishers and beachgoers, drawn by its isolation, dramatic cliffs and sweep of soft sand, in Half Moon Bay, May 19, 2014. (New York Times News Service)

The last time the U.S. Supreme Court took up an important property rights case -- Murr v. Wisconsin, 137 S. Ct. 1933 (2017) -- a 5-3 court majority (Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch did not participate because he was not on the court when oral argument occurred) passed up a golden opportunity to provide clear guidance in the notoriously challenging area of regulatory takings law. Few bright-line rules exist, and many ambiguous multi-factor te...

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