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| |date=June 26, 1987 | | |date=June 26, 1987 |
| |subject=Property | | |subject=Property |
| |facts=*Nollan owned a beach-front property between 2 public beaches in Ventura County, California.
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| *Nollan wanted to build a bigger house. So, he applied for a permit from the California Coastal Commission (CCC; "California").
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| *California granted the permit to build a larger house with a proviso that Nollan convey an '''easement''' allowing the public to cross the beach on his land
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| *California found the proposed house of Nollan would block the public's view of the ocean
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| |procedural_history=* Nollan challenged the conditional permit in state court
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| * Nollan won in the trial court, but he lost in the appellate court
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| |issues=Can a state agency impose a condition on the approval of a private-property owner's land-use permit if there isn't an essential nexus between the condition & a legitimate state interest?
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| |arguments=Nollan argued that the condition violates the [https://www.quimbee.com/keyterms/taking Takings Clause] in the 5th Amendment to the [[Constitution of the United States|U.S. Constitution]].
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| |holding=No; a state agency can't impose a condition on the approval of a private-property owner's land-use permit unless there's an essential nexus between the condition & the legitimate state interest at issue.
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| |judgment=Reversed
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| |reasons=Antonin Scalia: if the state told Nollan to convey an easement without compensation, then that would be an un-constitutional taking.
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| |comments=[[Property_Merrill/Outline#XVI._EXACTIONS]] | | |comments=[[Property_Merrill/Outline#XVI._EXACTIONS]] |
| |case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link | | |case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link |