Opinion

Individuals for Responsible Government, Inc. v. Washoe County

  • 522 U.S. 966
  • 66 U.S.L.W. 3336
  • 118 S. Ct. 411
  • 139 L. Ed. 2d 315
  • 1997 U.S. LEXIS 6722
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Nov 10, 1997
Status
Published
Cited by
76 cases
Authority
More cited than 91.8%

holding that a recycling service charge was analogous to a property tax and therefore not subject to challenge as a taking of property

How later courts described this case

  • holding that a recycling service charge was analogous to a property tax and therefore not subject to challenge as a taking of property
  • explaining that decisions from only these courts clearly establish the law for the purposes of qualified immunity
  • Only the U.S. Supreme Court, the Eleventh Circuit, and "the highest court of the state where the case arose” may clearly establish rights under federal law relevant to qualified immunity analysis
  • “A complaint can be long-winded, even prolix, without pleading with particularity. Indeed, such a garrulous style is not an uncommon mask for an absence of detail The amended complaint here, although long, states little with particularity.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.

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