No. 25-1158

Amy Hadley v. City of South Bend, Indiana, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2026-04-08
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: eminent-domain fifth-amendment just-compensation law-enforcement-liability police-power takings-clause
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Takings Clause has a police power exception, making no compensation due when the government damages private property under its police power outside of eminent domain (as the Seventh, Tenth, and Federal Circuits hold)—or not (as the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuits hold).

2. Whether the government is exempt from liability under the Takings Clause when law enforcement officers intentionally destroy an innocent person's property while trying to apprehend a fugitive.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause requires just compensation when law enforcement officers intentionally destroy an innocent homeowner's property during a police raid, and whether a police power exception to the Takings Clause exists outside of eminent domain proceedings

Docket Entries

2026-04-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 8, 2026)
2026-01-09
Application (25A795) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until April 6, 2026.
2026-01-06
Application (25A795) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 5, 2026 to April 6, 2026, submitted to Justice Barrett.

Attorneys

Amy Hadley
Marie Leora MillerInstitute for Justice, Petitioner
Anna Aleksandrovna BidwellInstitute for Justice, Petitioner
Jeffrey Hallett RedfernInstitute for Justice, Petitioner
Patrick Michael JaicomoInstitute for Justice, Petitioner
Suranjan Matthew SenInstitute for Justice, Petitioner