CITY OF KNOXVILLE v. KNOXVILLE WATER COMPANY (1909)

CITY OF KNOXVILLE v. KNOXVILLE WATER COMPANY
	Term: 1908
Important Dates
	Argued: April 28, 1908
	Decided: January 4, 1909
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

CITY OF KNOXVILLE v. KNOXVILLE WATER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 4, 1909. The case was argued before the court on April 28, 1908.

In a 9-0 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 Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Tennessee
Respondent type: Public utility
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 212 U.S. 1
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: William Henry Moody

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.