CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY v. POLT (1914) - Ballotpedia

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CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY v. POLT

Term: 1913
Important Dates
Argued: January 16, 1914
Decided: January 26, 1914
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY v. POLT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 26, 1914. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1914.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Dakota 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: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 232 U.S. 165
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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 conservative.

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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