Knick v. Township of Scott

Decided June 21, 2019. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-647 · 588 U.S. 180 (2019) · Cited 844 times

Holding

A government violates the Takings Clause when it takes property without compensation, and a property owner may bring a Fifth Amendment claim under 42 U. S. C. §1983 at that time; the state-litigation requirement of Williamson County Regional Planning Comm’n v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City, 473 U. S. 172, is overruled.

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. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

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.

• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles · 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City · 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• San Remo Hotel, L. P. v. City & County of San Francisco · 545 U.S. 323 (2005)
• Yearsley v. W. A. Ross Construction Co. · 309 U.S. 18 (1940)
• Jacobs v. United States · 290 U.S. 13 (1933)
• Cherokee Nation v. Southern Kansas Railway Co. · 135 U.S. 641 (1890)
• San Diego Gas & Electric Co. v. City of San Diego · 450 U.S. 621 (1981)
• Albert Hanson Lumber Co. v. United States · 261 U.S. 581 (1923)
• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · 467 U.S. 986 (1984)
• Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC · 576 U.S. 466 (2015)
• Hurley v. Kincaid · 285 U.S. 95 (1932)
• Parratt v. Taylor · 451 U.S. 527 (1981)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• Joslin Manufacturing Co. v. City of Providence · 262 U.S. 668 (1923)
• Backus v. Fort Street Union Depot Co. · 169 U.S. 557 (1898)
• Agostini v. Felton · 521 U.S. 203 (1997)
• Horne v. Department of Agriculture · 569 U.S. 513 (2013)
• Trump v. Hawaii · 585 U.S. 667 (2018)
• Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States · 568 U.S. 23 (2012)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt · 587 U.S. 230 (2019)
• Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection · 560 U.S. 702 (2010)
• Heck v. Humphrey · 512 U.S. 477 (1994)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Mullaney v. Wilbur · 421 U.S. 684 (1975)
• United States v. Gaudin · 515 U.S. 506 (1995)
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing · 545 U.S. 308 (2005)

Cited by

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

• DeVillier v. Texas · 601 U.S. 285 (2024)
• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)

Official text

Read the official opinion (PDF, supremecourt.gov)

Explore from here

John Glover Roberts Jr.’s profile · All Supreme Court opinions · The Supreme Court

Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2019). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).