CARSON v. BROCKTON SEWERAGE COMMISSION (1901)

CARSON v. BROCKTON SEWERAGE COMMISSION
	Term: 1900
Important Dates
	Argued: April 18, 1901
	Decided: May 27, 1901
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

CARSON v. BROCKTON SEWERAGE COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1901. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1901.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Supreme 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: Massachusetts
Citation: 182 U.S. 398
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: Henry Billings Brown

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.