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OSBORNE v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY (1893)

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OSBORNE v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY |
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Term: 1892 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 16, 1892 |
Decided: January 16, 1893 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • George Shiras |
OSBORNE v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 1893. The case was argued before the court on December 16, 1892.
In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
- Petitioner: Business, corporation
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 147 U.S. 248
- 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: Melville Weston Fuller
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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