Agins et Ux. v. City of Tiburon

Decided June 10, 1980. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 79-602 · 447 U.S. 255 (1980) · Cited 1,272 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• United States v. Clarke · 445 U.S. 253 (1980)
• United States v. Causby · 328 U.S. 256 (1946)
• Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
• Nectow v. City of Cambridge · 277 U.S. 183 (1928)
• Danforth v. United States · 308 U.S. 271 (1939)
• Goldwater Et Al. v. Carter, President of the United States, Et Al. · 444 U.S. 996 (1979)
• Socialist Labor Party v. Gilligan · 406 U.S. 583 (1972)

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• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• MacDonald, Sommer & Frates v. Yolo County · 477 U.S. 340 (1986)
• Murr v. Wisconsin · 582 U.S. 383 (2017)
• Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 520 U.S. 725 (1997)
• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles · 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
• City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd. · 526 U.S. 687 (1999)
• San Diego Gas & Electric Co. v. City of San Diego · 450 U.S. 621 (1981)
• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City · 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 535 U.S. 302 (2002)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Pennell v. City of San Jose · 485 U.S. 1 (1988)
• Kirby Forest Industries, Inc. v. United States · 467 U.S. 1 (1984)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard · 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• Yee v. City of Escondido · 503 U.S. 519 (1992)
• Palazzolo v. Rhode Island · 533 U.S. 606 (2001)
• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. · 458 U.S. 419 (1982)
• Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim · 452 U.S. 61 (1981)
• United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, Inc. · 474 U.S. 121 (1985)
• Dames & Moore v. Regan · 453 U.S. 654 (1981)
• Bowen v. Gilliard · 483 U.S. 587 (1987)
• Hodel v. Irving · 481 U.S. 704 (1987)
• PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey · 594 U.S. 482 (2021)

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