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HORNE v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (2015)

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HORNE v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Term: 2014
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 2015
Decided: June 22, 2015
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Sonia Sotomayor

HORNE v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 2015. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 2015.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California 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: Farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Department or Secretary of Agriculture
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 576 U.S. 351
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Roberts

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.

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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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