PETRIE et al. v. NAMPA AND MERIDIAN IRRIGATION DISTRICT (1918)

PETRIE et al. v. NAMPA AND MERIDIAN IRRIGATION DISTRICT
	Term: 1918
Important Dates
	Argued: November 19, 1918
	Decided: December 9, 1918
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

PETRIE et al. v. NAMPA AND MERIDIAN IRRIGATION DISTRICT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1918. The case was argued before the court on November 19, 1918.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Idaho 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: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 248 U.S. 154
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: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Hessin Clarke

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.