Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0794
America First Constitutional Standard — Version 1.0
Case Information
- Content Scored
- Knick v. Township of Scott, 588 U.S. 180 (2019)
- Source
- Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Reports Vol. 588 (Preliminary Print, Part 1)
- Author
- Chief Justice John Roberts (opinion of the Court, 5-4)
- Publication Date
- 2019-06-21
- Content Type
- Judicial Opinion / Legal-Normative Text
- Opinion Issued
- 2026-07-20
- AFCS Version
- 1.0
AF★CS
Verdict
82
/ 100
America First
Source: Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Reports Vol. 588 (Preliminary Print, Part 1)
Constitutional Alignment: 81·Factual Reliability: 88
Holding
A property owner suffers a violation of the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause at the moment the government takes his property without just compensation, and may bring that claim directly in federal court under 42 U.S.C. 1983 at that time, without first exhausting state inverse-condemnation remedies; the contrary state-litigation requirement of Williamson County Regional Planning Comm'n v. Hamilton Bank is overruled.
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It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0794 is hereby entered into the record, in accordance with the America First Constitutional Standard. The score stands. The reasoning is published. The record is public.
The Standard is the Standard.