Council of State Governments, National League of Cities, National Conference of State Legislatures, et al.
Amici Curiae
Richard Ruda, Counsel of RecordThe parties in this brief are joined by five other groups representing State and local government interests, which regularly use temporary moratoria to control land development. Richard Ruda is the chief counsel for the State and Local Legal Center. He received his law degree from Harvard University in 1980. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on November 7, 2001.Reasonable, temporary development moratoria are an essential and widely used tool of land-use planning. They temporarily preserve historic land-use patterns so that new development does…
