Legal Opinion

Knick v. Township of Scott

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 21, 2019No. 17-647PublishedCited by 794 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts

*2167The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment states that "private property [shall not] be taken for public use, without just compensation." In Williamson County Regional Planning Comm'n v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City , 473 U.S. 172, 105 S.Ct. 3108, 87 L.Ed.2d 126 (1985), we held that a property owner whose property has been taken by a local government has not suffered a violation of his Fifth Amendment rights-and thus cannot bring a federal takings claim in federal court-until a state court has denied his claim for just compensation under state law.

The Williamson County Court anticipated that…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Alleyne v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  5. Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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