Horne v. Department of Agriculture

Decided June 22, 2015. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 14-275 · 576 U.S. 351 (2015) · Cited 129 times

Holding

The Fifth Amendment requires that the Government pay just compensation when it takes personal property, just as when it takes real property.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“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.

• Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. · 458 U.S. 419 (1982)
• Andrus v. Allard · 444 U.S. 51 (1979)
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 535 U.S. 302 (2002)
• Bauman v. Ross · 167 U.S. 548 (1897)
• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · 467 U.S. 986 (1984)
• Yee v. City of Escondido · 503 U.S. 519 (1992)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• Regional Rail Reorganization Act Cases · 419 U.S. 102 (1974)
• Lingle v. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. · 544 U.S. 528 (2005)
• United States v. Miller · 317 U.S. 369 (1943)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• Olson v. United States · 292 U.S. 246 (1934)
• Dohany v. Rogers · 281 U.S. 362 (1930)
• United States v. 50 Acres of Land · 469 U.S. 24 (1984)
• Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
• Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States · 568 U.S. 23 (2012)
• Horne v. Department of Agriculture · 569 U.S. 513 (2013)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City · 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• Chrysler Corp. v. Brown · 441 U.S. 281 (1979)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard · 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• United States v. General Motors Corp. · 323 U.S. 373 (1945)
• Kelo v. City of New London · 545 U.S. 469 (2005)
• Norwood v. Baker · 172 U.S. 269 (1898)
• Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 520 U.S. 725 (1997)
• United States v. Sperry Corp. · 493 U.S. 52 (1989)
• Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington · 538 U.S. 216 (2003)

Cited by

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• Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid · 594 U.S. 139 (2021)
• Murr v. Wisconsin · 582 U.S. 383 (2017)

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