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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	KNICK v. TOWNSHIP OF SCOTT, PENNSYLVANIA LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 21, 2019
Date Argument	October 03, 2018
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	139 S. Ct. 2162 2019 U.S. LEXIS 4197 204 L. Ed. 2d 558
Docket	17-647

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Pennsylvania Middle U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Petitioner	owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent	city, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit Pennsylvania

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	DUE PROCESS Due Process: Takings Clause, Or Other Non-constitutional Governmental Taking Of Property CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Fifth Amendment (takings clause)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Roberts Alito Gorsuch Kavanaugh regular concurrence Thomas dissent Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor Kagan

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2018-005-01

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