WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION et al. v. HAMILTON BANK OF JOHNSON CITY (1985)

WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION et al. v. HAMILTON BANK OF JOHNSON CITY
	Term: 1984
Important Dates
	Argued: February 19, 1985
	Decided: June 28, 1985
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist
Concurring
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Byron White

WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION et al. v. HAMILTON BANK OF JOHNSON CITY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 1985. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 1985.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Tennessee 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: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: Tennessee
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 473 U.S. 172
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: Harry Blackmun

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.