CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILROAD COMPANY v. STATE OF WISCONSI (1915)

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILROAD COMPANY v. STATE OF WISCONSI
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: March 8, 1915
	Decided: June 21, 1915
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILROAD COMPANY v. STATE OF WISCONSI 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 March 8, 1915.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Wisconsin 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: State
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 238 U.S. 491
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: Joseph Rucker Lamar

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.