Amy Howe: No new grants today

This morning the Supreme Court issued orders from its conference last Friday, but the justices did not add any new cases to their merits docket for the term.

The justices declined to take up the property-rights question presented by a California case, 616 Croft Avenue v. West Hollywood, that they had considered at four consecutive conferences before finally denying review today. The dispute dates back to 2004, when a California couple applied to the city of West Hollywood for permission to redevelop two single-family houses into an 11-unit condominium complex. The city council approved the project, observing that it would provide “11 families with a high-quality living environment.” But, following a city housing ordinance, the council also required the couple to pay an “affordable housing fee” of over $500,000.