Palazzolo v. Rhode Island — Stevens, J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part

Summary

Justice Stevens joins the Court’s discussion of standing for a post‑enactment landowner but dissents from the judgment, holding that the takings claim is not ripe and that a purchaser cannot recover compensation for a taking that occurred before he owned the property. He stresses that a taking is a discrete event and that compensation is due only to the owner at the time of that event. Accordingly, he would affirm the Rhode Island Supreme Court’s decision.