No. 25-1377October Term 2025Petition PendingUpdated Sep 2, 2026
LeRoy George Siddell v. City of San Diego, California
Case status
Where it stands
Awaiting an order on the petition
- Next
- No decision timeline until the Court agrees to hear the case.
What it's about
LeRoy George Siddell asks the Supreme Court to review a California court’s rejection of his challenge to a City of San Diego public-health order that prevented a landlord from regaining possession of property after the landlord’s right to exclude had accrued. He argues that the order imposed an uncompensated physical taking and that the state court’s standing ruling should not block Supreme Court review because the court also decided the federal takings claim on the merits.
Question presented
1. Whether a state-court judgment rests on an adequate and independent state-law standing ground barring review under 28 U.S.C. § 1257 when the court denies relief on that ground yet proceeds to adjudicate and reject a federal Takings Clause claim on the merits. 2. Whether a government order that bars a landlord from recovering possession after the landlord’s legal right to exclude has accrued effects a per se physical taking under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. 3. Whether, consistent with the Just Compensation Clause, a government may, by invoking a public-health emergency, impose uncompensated public burdens on a discrete class of property owners that, in fairness and justice, should be borne by the public as a whole.
What happens next
The next possible milestone is a Court scheduling move or a decision on certiorari (whether to hear the case). No decision window is available yet.
Why it matters
The case could affect landlords subject to emergency restrictions on recovering rental property. For example, it could determine whether an owner must be paid when an order prevents the owner from regaining possession of a unit.
The petition tests the limits of government emergency powers and the Fifth Amendment's requirement of just compensation for takings.
Case file
- Docket
- 25-1377
- Status
- Petition Pending
- From
- Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division One
- Documents
- 1
Documents
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More questions
- What is at stake in Siddell v. City of San Diego?
- The petition asks whether an emergency order preventing a landlord from recovering possession can require compensation under the Fifth Amendment.
- Who could be affected by the San Diego property dispute?
- Landlords subject to emergency possession restrictions could be affected. Cities and tenants could also face changed rules if the Court hears the case.
- What happens next in Siddell v. City of San Diego?
- The Court may take a scheduling step or decide whether to grant certiorari (hear the case). Oral argument is not scheduled.
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