ELR Citation: ELR 20022
No(s). B175149 (Cal. App. 2d Dist. Jan 25, 2006)

A court reverses a lower court decision dismissing a landowner's regulatory takings claims against a county as unripe. The county's determination that the landowner could only build one residence on his property amounts to a final decision, and the permissible use of the property is known to a reasonable degree of certainty. The lower court therefore erred in dismissing the case on the county's motions for summary judgment. By extension, the court also erred in granting judgment on the landowner's remaining claims for substantive due process, equal protection, and civil rights violations.