Tyler v. Hennepin County
What the Court Decided
Geraldine Tyler lost her Minneapolis condo to tax foreclosure, and Minnesota kept all proceeds beyond her tax debt. The Supreme Court held 9-0 that this surplus equity was her property under the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause and that she was entitled to compensation.
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Pung v. Isabella County
2025 Term · 25-95
The Court's most recent and directly controlling precedent, which unanimously held that a homeowner's equity in her property above the tax debt is a constitutionally protected property interest that the government cannot seize without just compensation.
Wolford v. Lopez
2025 Term · 24-1046
Cited by the government to show that states cannot redefine property rights to evade constitutional protections, here the Takings Clause, and similarly cannot do so to evade the Second Amendment.