FARRELL v. WEST CHICAGO PARK COMMISSIONERS (1901)

FARRELL v. WEST CHICAGO PARK COMMISSIONERS
	Term: 1900
Important Dates
	Argued: March 18, 1901
	Decided: April 29, 1901
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras
Dissenting
	John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

FARRELL v. WEST CHICAGO PARK COMMISSIONERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 1901. The case was argued before the court on March 18, 1901.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 181 U.S. 404
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: George Shiras

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.