Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota (598 U.S. 631)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided May 25, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 598 U.S. 631 · 143 S. Ct. 1369
- Decided
- May 25, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Roberts
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 598 U. S. Part 2 Pages 631–650 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT May 25, 2023 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2022 631 Syllabus TYLER v. HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the eighth circuit No. 22–166. Argued April 26, 2023—Decided May 25, 2023 Geraldine Tyler owned a condominium in Hennepin County, Minnesota, that accumulated about $15,000 in unpaid real estate taxes along with interest and penalties. The County seized the condo and sold it for $40,000, keeping the $25,000 excess over Tyler's tax debt for itself. Minn. Stat. §§ 281.18 , 282.07, 282.08. Tyler fled suit, alleging that the County had unconstitutionally retained the excess value of her home above her tax debt in violation of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment and the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment. The District Court dismissed the suit for failure to state a claim, and the Eighth Circuit affrmed. Held: Tyler plausibly alleges that Hennepin County's retention of the ex- cess…
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