HOPKINS v. CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA (1911)

HOPKINS v. CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
	Term: 1910
Important Dates
	Decided: May 29, 1911
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	John Marshall Harlan

HOPKINS v. CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1911.

In an 8-1 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 South Carolina 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: State college or university
Respondent state: South Carolina
Citation: 221 U.S. 636
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Rucker Lamar

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.