Richard E. Warner, as Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Joseph Ardolino, II v. City of Marathon, Florida

The Estate asks the Supreme Court to review a property-rights case about when it could return to federal court after Knick changed the procedure in 2019 for regulatory takings claims. The justices are also being asked whether the Estate still had to finish state appellate review to comply with a 2017 Eleventh Circuit order.

No oral argument is scheduled, and no justice has publicly weighed in. At this stage, the Estate argues Knick changed the path back to federal court and says the Court should clarify whether more state appeals were still required.

The case could affect property owners and local governments in fights over whether a regulation went so far that it amounted to a taking without compensation. For example, it could shape whether an estate or other property owner must keep litigating in state court before trying federal court again.

The Estate says Knick changed the rules for bringing a federal regulatory takings claim in 2019. The Court is being asked whether the Estate returned too late and still had to finish state appeals.

Property owners, estates, and local governments could all be affected. The answer could change when a person claiming a regulation took property may press the case in federal court.

The justices must decide whether to grant certiorari, meaning whether to hear the case. No oral argument is scheduled yet, and no decision window is listed.