Pung v. Isabella County · ¶30
Because Pung lacks tax-sale cases that support his argument, he turns to eminent-domain cases. These cases involve government seizure of property for a public use, like establishing a park or building railroad tracks. Penn-East Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey, 594 U. S. 482, 487 (2021). In that context, fair market value is the default measure of “just compensation.” See, e.g., Knick v. Township of Scott, 588 U. S. 180, 190 (2019). But what is “just” in one context may not be “just” in another. Even in eminent-domain cases, the Court has “refused to designate market value as the sole measure of just compensation,” recognizing that “there are situations where this standard is inappropriate.” United States v. 564.54 Acres of Monroe and Pike County Land, 441 U. S. 506, 512 (1979) (“‘[W]hen market value has been too difficult to find, or when its application would result in manifest injustice to…Read in context ›
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