Opinion ID: 104700
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Text: A. Cases in which an official justified his action under an unconstitutional statute. Osborn v. Bank of the United States, 9 Wheat. 738 (1824); Board of Liquidation v. McComb, 92 U.S. 531; Poindexter v. Greenhow, 114 U.S. 270; White v. Greenhow, 114 U.S. 307; Chaffin v. Taylor, 114 U.S. 309; Allen v. Baltimore & O.R. Co., 114 U.S. 311; Pennoyer v. McConnaughy, 140 U.S. 1; In re Tyler, 149 U.S. 164; Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., 154 U.S. 362; Scott v. Donald, 165 U.S. 58; Scott v. Donald, 165 U.S. 107; Smyth v. Ames, 169 U.S. 466; Prout v. Starr, 188 U.S. 537; Mississippi R. Comm'n v. Illinois C.R. Co., 203 U.S. 335; Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123; General Oil Co. v. Crain, 209 U.S. 211; Ludwig v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 216 U.S. 146; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Andrews, 216 U.S. 165; Herndon v. Chicago, R.I. & Pac. R. Co., 218 U.S. 135; Truax v. Raich, 239 U.S. 33; Tanner v. Little, 240 U.S. 369; Greene v. Louisville & I.R. Co., 244 U.S. 499; Public Service Co. v. Corboy, 250 U.S. 153; Sterling v. Constantin, 287 U.S. 378; Rickert Rice Mills v. Fontenot, 297 U.S. 110. B. Cases in which an officer exceeded his statutory authority. Rolston v. Missouri Fund Commissioners, 120 U.S. 390; Scully v. Bird, 209 U.S. 481; Atchison, T. & S.F.R. Co. v. O'Connor, 223 U.S. 280; Philadelphia Co. v. Stimson, 223 U.S. 605; Waite v. Macy, 246 U.S. 606; Payne v. Central Pac. R. Co., 255 U.S. 228; Santa Fe Pac. R. Co. v. Fall, 259 U.S. 197; Work v. Louisiana, 269 U.S. 250. C. Cases in which an officer sought shelter behind statutory authority or some other sovereign command for the commission of a common-law tort. 1. Cases in which an officer was not relieved of liability for tort merely because he was acting for the sovereign. Stanley v. Schwalby, 147 U.S. 508; Scranton v. Wheeler, 179 U.S. 141; Sloan Shipyards Corp. v. United States Fleet Corp., 258 U.S. 549; Goltra v. Weeks, 271 U.S. 536; Ickes v. Fox, 300 U.S. 82; Land v. Dollar, 330 U.S. 731. 2. Cases in which an officer was held liable for a common-law tort, but the opinion made reference to a situation involving an unconstitutional taking. United States v. Lee, 106 U.S. 196; Noble v. Union River Logging R. Co., 147 U.S. 165; South Carolina v. Wesley, 155 U.S. 542; Tindal v. Wesley, 167 U.S. 204; Hopkins v. Clemson Agricultural College, 221 U.S. 636.