Ex parte INDIANA TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, PETITIONER (1917)

ex parte INDIANA TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, PETITIONER
	Term: 1916
Important Dates
	Argued: May 21, 1917
	Decided: June 11, 1917
Outcome
	Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ex parte INDIANA TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 11, 1917. The case was argued before the court on May 21, 1917.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 244 U.S. 456
How the court took jurisdiction: Prohibition
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.