SCOTUSblog: Starts Jun 23, 9:30 AM ET Announcement of opinions for Tuesday, June 23

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. The next decision is Pung v. Isabella County, by Alito,

The next decision is Pung v. Isabella County, by Alito,
Alito sometimes delivers very short summaries
Rory K. Little
Mod
10:16 AM
Wow this is going to be a very heavy reporter's day!
Amy Howe
Mod
10:17 AM
This was a challenge under both the Fifth Amendment’s takings clause (which bars the government from taking private property for public use without paying “just compensation”) and the Eighth Amendment’s ban on excessive fines. It arose when the state foreclosed on a house for failure to pay taxes and sold it for $76,000. The former homeowner got the difference between the taxes he owed ($2200) and the sale price, but then the buyer turned around and sold it again for much more. The former owner argued that he was entitled to the difference between the second sale price (which he says was the fair market value) and the taxes that he owed.
Zachary Shemtob
Mod
10:17 AM
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p…
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-95_dc8e.pdf
Mark Walsh
Mod
10:17 AM
No R numbers
Amy Howe
Mod
10:17 AM
The court holds that the "proper baseline ... is the price obtained in a tax sale, at least when the sale is fairly conducted in light of our country's history of tax sales."