MUHLKER v. NEW YORK AND HARLEM RAILROAD COMPANY (1905)

MUHLKER v. NEW YORK AND HARLEM RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1904
Important Dates
	Argued: December 12, 1904
	Decided: April 10, 1905
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna
Concurring
	Henry Billings Brown
Dissenting
	Melville Weston Fuller • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

MUHLKER v. NEW YORK AND HARLEM RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 10, 1905. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1904.

In a 5-4 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 New York 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: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 197 U.S. 544
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
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 conservative.