2025 term · Roberts Court · 9-0
Pung v. Isabella County
609 U.S. 30
The record
- Term
- 2025
- Decided
- Issue area
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- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
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- Decision direction
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- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
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- Docket
- 25-95
- U.S. Reports
- 609 U.S. 30
- S. Ct. citation
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- LEXIS citation
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- Opinion by
- Samuel Alito
Holding
The proper baseline for measuring “just compensation” following a fairly conducted tax sale is the auction sale price, not the property’s hypothetical fair market value; Isabella County did not violate the Eighth Amendment Excessive Fines Clause by failing to compensate the taxpayer for his property’s fair market value.
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCC
M 7 majorityC 2 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| Neil Gorsuch | Majority |
| Brett Kavanaugh | Majority |
| Amy Coney Barrett | Majority |
| Ketanji Brown Jackson | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Regular concurrence |
Read the opinion
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