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Supreme Court · SCOTUS
Pung v. Isabella County
No. 25-95Supreme Court of the United States
Judgment Issued.
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Official outcomeJudgment VACATED and case REMANDED.
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- Decision date
- June 23, 2026
- Opinion author
- A
- October Term
- 2025
- Docket
- No. 25-95
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Judgment Issued.
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- First added here
- August 10, 2026
- Last entry
- July 27, 2026
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Decision and docket history
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Docket entry
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. 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.
Docket entry
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. [609/1]
Open court document ↗Docket entry
Argued. For petitioner: Philip L. Ellison, Hemlock, Mich. For United States, as amicus curiae: Frederick Liu, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Matthew T. Nelson, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Docket entry
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Docket entry
CIRCULATED
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Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amici curiae of Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amicus curiae of National Tax Lien Association filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Counties Association filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amici curiae of New York Association of Towns, et al. filed. (Corrected) (Distributed)
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Amicus brief of New York Association of Towns not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - January 21, 2026)
Docket entry
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Brief amici curiae of Michigan Association of Counties, et al. filed.
Open court document ↗Docket entry
Amicus brief of Oakland County not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - January 15, 2026)
Docket entry
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Docket entry
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Docket entry
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
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3 entries, oldest first.
· Supreme Court of the United States
Granted
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Petition GRANTED.
Outcome words in this text: GRANTED.
· Supreme Court of the United States
VacatedRemanded
The court's record, as written
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. 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.
Outcome words in this text: VACATED, REMANDED.
· Supreme Court of the United States
Other
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Judgment Issued.
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AudioOral argument audio: Pung v. Isabella County (No. 25-95)
Supreme Court of the United States · February 25, 2026
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Supreme Court of the United States · February 25, 2026
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