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LYNG, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, et al. v. PAYNE et al. (1986)
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| LYNG, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, et al. v. PAYNE et al. |
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| Term: 1985 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 24, 1986 |
| Decided: June 16, 1986 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 8-1 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White |
| Dissenting |
| John Paul Stevens |
LYNG, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, et al. v. PAYNE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1986. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 1986.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Middle U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
- Petitioner: Department or Secretary of Agriculture
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 476 U.S. 926
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.
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