OPINION: Michael Pung, Personal Representative of the Estate of Timothy Scott Pung, Petitioner v. Isabella County, Michigan
| Caption | Michael Pung, Personal Representative of the Estate of Timothy Scott Pung, Petitioner v. Isabella County, Michigan |
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| Summary | 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. |
| Author | Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. |
| Opinion | http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-95_dc8e.pdf |
| Certiorari | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 25, 2025) |
| Amicus | Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed. |
| Case Link | 25-95 |
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| Roberts | Join | ||
| Thomas | Writer | ||
| Alito | Writer | ||
| Sotomayor | Join | ||
| Kagan | Join | ||
| Gorsuch | Join | Join | |
| Kavanaugh | Join | ||
| Barrett | Join | ||
| Jackson | Join |
ALITO, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and SOTOMAYOR, KAGAN, GORSUCH, KAVANAUGH, BARRETT, and JACKSON, JJ., joined, and in which THOMAS, J., joined except as to Part II–B. SOTOMAYOR, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which GORSUCH and JACKSON, JJ., joined.
THOMAS, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which GORSUCH, J., joined except as to n. 1.
Posted Jun 23, 2026, 2:18 PM UTC
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