Nollan et Ux. v. California Coastal Commission

Decided June 26, 1987. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-133 · 483 U.S. 825 (1987) · Cited 1,301 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · 467 U.S. 986 (1984)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• San Diego Gas & Electric Co. v. City of San Diego · 450 U.S. 621 (1981)
• Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. · 458 U.S. 419 (1982)
• Agins v. City of Tiburon · 447 U.S. 255 (1980)
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles · 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
• Goldblatt v. Town of Hempstead · 369 U.S. 590 (1962)
• Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · 475 U.S. 211 (1986)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Andrus v. Allard · 444 U.S. 51 (1979)
• Sproles v. Binford · 286 U.S. 374 (1932)
• Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. v. Missouri · 342 U.S. 421 (1952)
• Gorieb v. Fox · 274 U.S. 603 (1927)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Jenkins v. Anderson · 447 U.S. 231 (1980)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Armstrong v. United States · 364 U.S. 40 (1960)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
• United States v. Carolene Products Co. · 304 U.S. 144 (1938)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co. · 467 U.S. 717 (1984)
• Lawton v. Steele · 152 U.S. 133 (1894)
• United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, Inc. · 474 U.S. 121 (1985)
• Borax Consolidated, Ltd. v. Los Angeles · 296 U.S. 10 (1935)
• Hughes v. Washington · 389 U.S. 290 (1967)

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)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard · 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid · 594 U.S. 139 (2021)
• Lingle v. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. · 544 U.S. 528 (2005)
• Sheetz v. El Dorado County · 601 U.S. 267 (2024)
• Palazzolo v. Rhode Island · 533 U.S. 606 (2001)
• Horne v. Department of Agriculture · 576 U.S. 351 (2015)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd. · 526 U.S. 687 (1999)
• Wilkie v. Robbins · 551 U.S. 537 (2007)
• San Remo Hotel, L. P. v. City & County of San Francisco · 545 U.S. 323 (2005)
• Yee v. City of Escondido · 503 U.S. 519 (1992)
• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Preseault v. Interstate Commerce Commission · 494 U.S. 1 (1990)
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 535 U.S. 302 (2002)

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