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NORDLINGER v. HAHN

No. 90-1912.

505 U.S. 1 (1992)

NORDLINGER v. HAHN, in his capacity as TAX ASSESSOR FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY, et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 18, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlyle W. Hall, Jr., argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Rex E. Lee argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Carter G. Phillips, Mark D. Hopson, DeWitt W. Clinton, David L. Muir, and Albert Ramseyer.*

Blackmun, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and White, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Souter, JJ., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to Part II—A. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, p. 18. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, p. 28.

Justice Blackmun, delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1978, California voters staged what has been described as a property tax revolt1 by approving a statewide ballot initiative known as Proposition 13. The adoption of Proposition 13 served to amend the California Constitution to impose strict limits on the rate at which real property is taxed and on the rate at which real property assessments...

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