Supreme Court Decides Regulatory Taking Case
In Pakdel v. City & County of San Francisco, the Supreme Court held the Ninth Circuit erred when it required the petitioners who had alleged a regulatory taking to comply with the agency’s administrative procedures for seeking relief because it is a “settled rule” that “exhaustion of state remedies is not a prerequisite to an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.” quoting Knick v. Township of Scott, 588 U.S. __ (2019) (emphasis in original). In what could end up as...