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Supreme Court· 11/27/1979

Andrus v. Allard

Citations

  • 444 U.S. 51
  • 100 S. Ct. 318
  • 62 L. Ed. 2d 210
  • 1979 U.S. LEXIS 45
  • 9 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20791
  • 13 ERC (BNA) 2057

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that abrogating the right to sell endangered eagles' feathers did not implicate the Fifth Amendment
  • holding that abrogating the right to sell endangered eagles’ feathers did not implicate the Fifth Amendment
  • holding that the “text, context, and purpose of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act support the Secretary’s interpretive regulations.”
  • noting that the BGEPA and the MBTA are \designed to prevent the destruction of certain species of birds\
  • noting that the BGEPA and the MBTA are “designed to prevent the destruction of certain species of birds”
  • holding that a total prohibition on the sale of eagle feathers was not a taking even though the restriction denied certain commercial traders the right to sell property acquired prior to the enactment of the restriction

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Judges: Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens, Burger

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