No. 18-477

Hugh Martin, et al. v. United States

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: due-process easement-rights exhaustion-of-remedies federal-lands property-rights r.s.-2477 rs-2477 special-use-permit special-use-permits takings takings-clause
Key Terms:
Takings Patent JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether parties owning property inside national forest boundaries must exhaust special use permitting requirements before bringing a takings claim when those requirements implicitly deny private easement claims

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Whether parties who own property inside national forest boundaries or other federally-owned lands, and who assert R.S. 2477 rights to easements accessing their inheld estates, must exhaust federally-mandated special use permitting requirements to rebuild roads damaged by forest fires before bringing a taking’s claim when those permitting requirements implicitly deny claims of private ownership in the easements and place undue burdens on private property ownership? Whether the United States has physically occupied property when it denies the existence of private easements across federal lands pursuant to R.S. 2477 and seeks to prevent the putative owners of those easements from repairing roads or generally exercising any ownership rights over those easements without the permission of the federal government?

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-10-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2018)

Attorneys

martin, et al.
Aubrey Blair DunnWestern Agriculture, Resource and Business Advocates, LLP, Petitioner
Aubrey Blair DunnWestern Agriculture, Resource and Business Advocates, LLP, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent