Private Property

City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes

Brief Details

Original Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Current Court
U.S. Supreme Court
In 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict against Monterey, Calif., for refusing to allow property owners to develop their property.  The Institute co-authored an amicus curiae brief in City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes with the nation’s leading constitutional scholar on such takings—University of Chicago law professor Richard Epstein.