Hodel v. Irving

Hodel v. Irving
Argued October 6, 1986
Decided May 18, 1987
Full case nameHodel, Secretary of the Interior v. Irving et al.
Citations481 U.S. 704 (more)
107 S. Ct. 2076; 95 L. Ed. 2d 668
Case history
PriorIrving v. Clark, 758 F.2d 1260 (8th Cir. 1985); probable jurisdiction noted, 474 U.S. 1049 (1986).
Holding
The original version of § 207 of the Indian Land Consolidation Act effected a "taking" of appellees' decedents' property without just compensation.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · John P. Stevens
Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin Scalia
Case opinions
MajorityO'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Scalia
ConcurrenceBrennan, joined by Marshall, Blackmun
ConcurrenceScalia, joined by Rehnquist, Powell
ConcurrenceStevens, joined by White
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. V

Hodel v. Irving, 481 U.S. 704 (1987), is a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that a statute ordering the escheat of fractional interests in real property which had been bequeathed to members of the Oglala Sioux tribe was an unconstitutional taking which required just compensation.