Ripeness Doctrine And Futility Exception Both Require Submission And Denial of a "Meaningful Application"
By Donna D. Jones and Michael B. Wilmar
In County of Alameda v. Superior Court, 133 Cal. App. 4th 558 (2005), the California Court of Appeal, First District, ruled that a developer seeking to bring an inverse condemnation action may not invoke the futility exception to the ripeness doctrine until the developer has submitted a development proposal to land use authorities and had it denied.
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