Stephanie Nordlinger v. Kenneth Hahn, in His Capacity as Tax Assessor for Los Angeles County, et al.

Decided June 18, 1992. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 90-1912 · 505 U.S. 1 (1992) · Cited 1,649 times

Holding

Article XIIIA’s acquisition-value assessment scheme does not violate the Equal Protection Clause.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. Commission of Webster Cty. · 488 U.S. 336 (1989)
• Allied Stores of Ohio, Inc. v. Bowers · 358 U.S. 522 (1959)
• City of New Orleans v. Dukes · 427 U.S. 297 (1976)
• United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz · 449 U.S. 166 (1980)
• Snowden v. Hughes · 321 U.S. 1 (1944)
• Zobel v. Williams · 457 U.S. 55 (1982)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co. · 410 U.S. 356 (1973)
• Hooper v. Bernalillo County Assessor · 472 U.S. 612 (1985)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• Sunday Lake Iron Co. v. Township of Wakefield · 247 U.S. 350 (1918)
• Williams v. Vermont · 472 U.S. 14 (1985)
• F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia · 253 U.S. 412 (1920)
• Regan v. Taxation With Representation of Washington · 461 U.S. 540 (1983)
• Heckler v. Mathews · 465 U.S. 728 (1984)
• Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public Schools · 487 U.S. 450 (1988)
• Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del. · 450 U.S. 662 (1981)
• Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Browning · 310 U.S. 362 (1940)
• Brown-Forman Co. v. Kentucky · 217 U.S. 563 (1910)
• Cumberland Coal Co. v. Board of Revision of Tax Assessments in Greene Cty. · 284 U.S. 23 (1931)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Rakas v. Illinois · 439 U.S. 128 (1978)
• Perry v. Sindermann · 408 U.S. 593 (1972)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• McGowan v. Maryland · 366 U.S. 420 (1961)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Vance v. Bradley · 440 U.S. 93 (1979)
• Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis · 407 U.S. 163 (1972)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of Chicago · 394 U.S. 802 (1969)

Cited by

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

• Fitzgerald v. Racing Assn. of Central Iowa · 539 U.S. 103 (2003)
• Armour v. City of Indianapolis · 566 U.S. 673 (2012)
• Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe · 509 U.S. 312 (1993)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. · 508 U.S. 307 (1993)
• Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. Garrett · 531 U.S. 356 (2001)
• Lawrence v. Texas · 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
• Miller v. Johnson · 515 U.S. 900 (1995)
• Tuan Anh Nguyen v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 533 U.S. 53 (2001)
• United States v. Vaello Madero · 596 U.S. 159 (2022)

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