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Supreme Court· 4/15/1963

Dugan v. Rank

Citations

  • 372 U.S. 609
  • 83 S. Ct. 999
  • 10 L. Ed. 2d 15
  • 1963 U.S. LEXIS 2402

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that “a suit is against the sovereign if the judgment sought would expend itself on the public treasury or domain’” (citation omitted)
  • holding that the government's confiscation of surface water rights without compensation was a physical taking
  • holding that an action against federal employees in their official capacity is in fact an action against the United States
  • holding that “a suit is against the sovereign if ‘the judgment sought would expend itself on the public treasury or domain, or interfere with the public administration.’” (internal citation omitted)
  • recognizing “that a suit is against the sovereign ‘if the judgment sought would expend itself on the public treasury or domain’ ”
  • recognizing that action for injunction against federal officer may proceed where the officer’s powers or the manner in which they are exercised is constitutionally void, even if they are within scope of officer’s statutory authority

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Judges: Clark

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