MONONGAHELA NAVIGATION COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1893)

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MONONGAHELA NAVIGATION COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1892
Important Dates
Argued: October 25, 1892
Decided: March 27, 1893
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordDavid Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall Harlan

MONONGAHELA NAVIGATION COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1893. The case was argued before the court on October 25, 1892.

In a 7-0 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 Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
  • Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 148 U.S. 312
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: David Josiah Brewer

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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