A government agency may not take property in exchange for benefits that are unrelated to the agency's interest in the property. Decided June 24, 1994 (argued March 23, 1994). Opinion of the Court: William Rehnquist → go there Dissenting: Stevens, Souter. Applied: the Fifth Amendment → go there Topic: Takings Clause. Dolan v. City of Tigard, 512 U.S. 374 (1994), more commonly Dolan v. Tigard, is a United States Supreme Court case. It is a landmark case regarding the practice of zoning and property rights, and has served to establish limits on the ability of cities and other government agencies to use zoning and land-use regulations to compel property owners to make unrelated public improvements as a condition to getting zoning approval, citing the violation of the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause. Wiki link