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Type
Opinion of the Court
Filed
June 25, 2007
Case
Wilkie v. Robbins
Case status
Decided

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Justice Souter delivered the opinion of the Court. Officials of the Bureau of Land Management stand accused of harassment and intimidation aimed at extracting an easement across private property. The questions here are whether the landowner has either a private action for damages of the sort recognized in Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U. S. 388 (1971), or a claim against the…

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TypeAuthorFiled
Opinion David Hackett Souter June 25, 2007
Concurrence Not attributed June 25, 2007
Concurrence in part Not attributed June 25, 2007