1987 – Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825

Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987) – In California land-use case that went all the way to the Supreme Court, Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 107 S.Ct. 3141 (l987), the Court held that the California Coastal Council’s conditioning of a building permit for a beach front lot upon granting public access to the beach lacked an “essential nexus” between the regulatory requirement and the regulatory goals and was a taking. This case may be cited in the future to attack floodplain regulations if they lack adequate “nexus” to regulatory goals and dedications are required. However, inadequate nexus is very rarely a problem with floodplain regulations.) Jon Kusler conducted extensive research on this case and wrote many papers about it, which ASFPM shared with states/members , and which was later included in the resource “No Adverse Impact: Floodplain Management and the Courts” written by Kusler and Edward Thomas in 2005.