COVINGTON AND LEXINGTON TURNPIKE ROAD COMPANY v. SANDFORD (1896)

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COVINGTON AND LEXINGTON TURNPIKE ROAD COMPANY v. SANDFORD |
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Term: 1896 |
Important Dates |
Decided: December 14, 1896 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
COVINGTON AND LEXINGTON TURNPIKE ROAD COMPANY v. SANDFORD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 1896.
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 Kentucky 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: Business, corporation
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 164 U.S. 578
- 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: John Marshall Harlan
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.
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