BELLINGHAM BAY & BRITISH COLUMBIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. NEW WHATCOM (1899)

BELLINGHAM BAY & BRITISH COLUMBIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. NEW WHATCOM
	Term: 1898
Important Dates
	Argued: December 16, 1898
	Decided: January 3, 1899
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

BELLINGHAM BAY & BRITISH COLUMBIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. NEW WHATCOM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1899. The case was argued before the court on December 16, 1898.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington State Trial Court.

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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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Washington
Citation: 172 U.S. 314
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: David Josiah Brewer

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.