"Supreme Court's Landmark Rulings on Property Rights and Takings Clause"
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of California homeowner George Sheetz, finding that conditions on building permits should be subject to heightened scrutiny even if they were authorized by legislation, rather than imposed on an individual basis by administrators. The decision sends the case back to the state courts for further review, emphasizing that legislative permit conditions are not categorically exempt from certain requirements. The ruling did not address the broader issue of whether the takings clause applies to Sheetz's case, leaving some questions unanswered.