JOSLIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE et al. (1923)

JOSLIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE et al.
	Term: 1922
Important Dates
	Argued: April 19, 1923
	Decided: June 11, 1923
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

JOSLIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 11, 1923. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1923.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Rhode Island 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: Rhode Island
Citation: 262 U.S. 668
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: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: George Sutherland

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.