San Remo Hotel, L. P., et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al.

Decided June 20, 2005. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 04-340 · 545 U.S. 323 (2005) · Cited 376 times

Holding

This Court will not create an exception to the full faith and credit statute in order to provide a federal forum for litigants seeking to advance federal takings claims.

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 9–0.

“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.

• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City · 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners · 375 U.S. 411 (1964)
• Allen v. McCurry · 449 U.S. 90 (1980)
• Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education · 465 U.S. 75 (1984)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard · 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• Yee v. City of Escondido · 503 U.S. 519 (1992)
• Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn., Inc. v. McNary · 454 U.S. 100 (1981)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. · 456 U.S. 461 (1982)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Moitie · 452 U.S. 394 (1981)
• Lingle v. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. · 544 U.S. 528 (2005)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• Parratt v. Taylor · 451 U.S. 527 (1981)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. · 544 U.S. 280 (2005)
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla. · 457 U.S. 496 (1982)
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · 475 U.S. 41 (1986)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · 467 U.S. 986 (1984)
• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles · 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin · 323 U.S. 101 (1944)
• MacDonald, Sommer & Frates v. Yolo County · 477 U.S. 340 (1986)
• Heiser v. Woodruff · 327 U.S. 726 (1946)
• Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 520 U.S. 725 (1997)
• Hopkins v. Lee · 19 U.S. 109 (1821)

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• Knick v. Township of Scott · 588 U.S. 180 (2019)

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