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ALBRECHT ET AL. v. UNITED STATES (1947)

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ALBRECHT ET AL. v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1946 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 8, 1947 |
Decided: February 3, 1947 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
William Douglas • Stanley Reed |
ALBRECHT ET AL. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 3, 1947. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1947.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 329 U.S. 599
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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