Florence Dolan v. City of Tigard

Decided June 24, 1994. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 93-518 · 512 U.S. 374 (1994) · Cited 1,023 times

Holding

The city’s dedication requirements constitute an uncompensated taking of property.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Chicago · 166 U.S. 226 (1897)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• Perry v. Sindermann · 408 U.S. 593 (1972)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
• Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty. · 391 U.S. 563 (1968)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• Agins v. City of Tiburon · 447 U.S. 255 (1980)
• United States v. Carlton · 512 U.S. 26 (1994)
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers · 461 U.S. 138 (1983)
• Elrod v. Burns · 427 U.S. 347 (1976)
• Sherbert v. Verner · 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557 (1980)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. · 458 U.S. 419 (1982)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Marshall v. Barlow's, Inc. · 436 U.S. 307 (1978)
• Concrete Pipe & Products of Cal., Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern Cal. · 508 U.S. 602 (1993)
• Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining & Reclamation Assn., Inc. · 452 U.S. 264 (1981)
• Armstrong v. United States · 364 U.S. 40 (1960)
• New York v. Burger · 482 U.S. 691 (1987)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Goldblatt v. Town of Hempstead · 369 U.S. 590 (1962)
• Preseault v. Interstate Commerce Commission · 494 U.S. 1 (1990)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management Dist. · 570 U.S. 595 (2013)
• Lingle v. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. · 544 U.S. 528 (2005)
• Sheetz v. El Dorado County · 601 U.S. 267 (2024)
• City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd. · 526 U.S. 687 (1999)
• San Remo Hotel, L. P. v. City & County of San Francisco · 545 U.S. 323 (2005)
• Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid · 594 U.S. 139 (2021)
• Knick v. Township of Scott · 588 U.S. 180 (2019)
• Wilkie v. Robbins · 551 U.S. 537 (2007)
• Horne v. Department of Agriculture · 576 U.S. 351 (2015)
• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• United States v. Lopez · 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
• United States v. Winstar Corp. · 518 U.S. 839 (1996)
• United States v. Craft · 535 U.S. 274 (2002)

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