ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY LAND COMPANY v. KANSAS CITY (1916)

ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY LAND COMPANY v. KANSAS CITY
	Term: 1915
Important Dates
	Argued: March 7, 1916
	Decided: June 5, 1916
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY LAND COMPANY v. KANSAS CITY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 5, 1916. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1916.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri 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: Missouri
Citation: 241 U.S. 419
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: Charles Evans Hughes

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.