Muse v. Gunn

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[Whether a property-holder possesses a legitimate claim of entitlement to a permit or approval turns on whether, under state and municipal law, the local agency lacks all discretion to deny-issuance of the permit-or to withhold its approval.”
• “In our federal system, that is the province of the state courts.”
• “[W[hether a property-holder possesses a legitimate claim of entitlement to a permit or approval turns on whether . . . the local agency lacks all discretion to deny issuance of the permit or to withhold its approval.” (emphasis added)
• “Under [Roth’s claim of entitlement] approach, whether a property-holder possesses a legitimate claim of entitlement to a permit or approval turns on whether . . . the local agency lacks all discretion to deny issuance of the permit or to withhold its approval.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).