GREENLEAF JOHNSON LUMBER COMPANY v. GARRISON, SECRETARY OF WAR (1915)

GREENLEAF JOHNSON LUMBER COMPANY v. GARRISON, SECRETARY OF WAR
	Term: 1914
Important Dates
	Argued: February 24, 1915
	Decided: April 12, 1915
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Joseph Rucker Lamar

GREENLEAF JOHNSON LUMBER COMPANY v. GARRISON, SECRETARY OF WAR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 12, 1915. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1915.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District 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: Department or Secretary of Defense (and Department or Secretary of War)
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 237 U.S. 251
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Joseph McKenna

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.