No. 25-931

BAS, LLC v. Tommy Land, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of State Lands for the State of Arkansas

Lower Court: Arkansas
Docketed: 2026-02-06
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment just-compensation property-rights sovereign-immunity takings-clause
Latest Conference: 2026-03-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does a state's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment obligation to pay just compensation waive sovereign immunity when it takes private property?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a state's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment obligation to pay just compensation waive sovereign immunity when it takes private property?

Docket Entries

2026-03-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
2026-03-02
Waiver of right of respondent Tommy Land to respond filed.
2026-02-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 9, 2026)
2025-11-13
Application (25A554) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until February 1, 2026.
2025-11-10
Application (25A554) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 3, 2025 to February 1, 2026, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

BAS, LLC
Robert H. ThomasPacific Legal Foundation, Petitioner
Tommy Land
Autumn Hamit PattersonOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent