FALLBROOK IRRIGATION DISTRICT v. BRADLEY (1896)

FALLBROOK IRRIGATION DISTRICT v. BRADLEY
	Term: 1896
Important Dates
	Argued: January 23, 1896
	Decided: November 16, 1896
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller

FALLBROOK IRRIGATION DISTRICT v. BRADLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 1896. The case was argued before the court on January 23, 1896.

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 California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.

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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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 164 U.S. 112
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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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 liberal.