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GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al. v. SUTHERLAND, ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN (1927)

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GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al. v. SUTHERLAND, ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN
Term: 1926
Important Dates
Argued: December 3, 1926
Decided: January 17, 1927
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al. v. SUTHERLAND, ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 17, 1927. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1926.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Alien Property Custodian
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 273 U.S. 182
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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