BRAND v. UNION ELEVATED RAILROAD COMPANY (1915) - Ballotpedia

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BRAND v. UNION ELEVATED RAILROAD COMPANY

Term: 1914
Important Dates
Argued: May 6, 1915
Decided: June 21, 1915
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
William Rufus Day • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney

BRAND v. UNION ELEVATED RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1915. The case was argued before the court on May 6, 1915.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois 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: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 238 U.S. 586
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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