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No. 08-1151
In the
Supreme Court of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United States
 
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 STOP THE BEACHRENOURISHMENT, INC.,
Petitioner
,v.FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OFENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, et al.,
Respondents.
 
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On Writ of Certiorarito the Florida Supreme Court
 
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BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE OF CATOINSTITUTE, NFIB LEGAL CENTER, ANDPACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION INSUPPORT OF PETITIONER
 
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I
LYA 
S
HAPIRO
Cato Institute1000 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC 20001Telephone: (202) 842-0200Facsimile: (202) 842-3490K 
 AREN
R.
 
H
 ARNED
E
LIZABETH
M
ILITO
NFIB Legal Center1201 F Street, NW, Suite 200Washington, DC 20004Telephone: (202) 554-9000Facsimile: (202) 554-0496J
 AMES
S.
 
B
URLING
*S
TEVEN
G
EOFFREY 
G
IESELER
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Counsel of Record
N
ICHOLAS
M.
 
G
IESELER
Pacific Legal Foundation1002 SE MontereyCommons Blvd., Suite 102Stuart, Florida 34996Telephone: (772) 781-7787Facsimile: (772) 781-7785
Counsel for Amici Curiae
 
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QUESTION PRESENTED
The Florida Supreme Court invoked “nonexistentrules of state substantive law” to reverse 100 years of uniform holdings that littoral rights areconstitutionally protected. In doing so, did the FloridaCourt’s decision cause a “judicial taking” proscribed bythe Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the UnitedStates Constitution?
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTSPage
QUESTION PRESENTED....................iTABLE OF AUTHORITIES..................iiiIDENTITY AND INTERESTOF AMICI CURIAE.....................1SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT..................3 ARGUMENT...............................4I.THE JUDICIAL TAKINGS DOCTRINE ISNECESSARY TO PROTECT THECONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OFPROPERTY OWNERS...................4 A.Federal Courts’ ReluctanceTo Apply the Judicial TakingsDoctrine Encourages StatesTo Restrict Property Rights............6B.Federal Courts’ Avoidance of theJudicial Takings Doctrine IsParticularly Harmful in the Contextof Beachfront Property................8C.Federal Courts, Not State Courts,Should Define the Contours of theTakings and Due Process Clauses......10II.THE CONSTITUTION PROTECTSCITIZENS FROM STATE COURTDECISIONS THAT VIOLATEGUARANTEED LIBERTIES.............13CONCLUSION............................16
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