Andrus v. Allard

Andrus v. Allard, 444 U.S. 51 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a ban on the sale of a commodity already in a commercial inventory is not a taking when there is no requirement to surrender the commodity to the government.^[1][2]

Andrus v. Allard
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 27, 1979
Full case name	Andrus v. Allard
Citations	444 U.S. 51 (more)
Holding
A ban on the sale of a commodity already in a commercial inventory is not a taking when there is no requirement to surrender the commodity to the government.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinion
Majority	Brennan, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Takings Clause, Eagle Protection Act