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THE ADULA (1900)

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THE ADULA |
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Term: 1899 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 7, 1899 |
Decided: February 26, 1900 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
5-4 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna |
Dissenting |
Horace Gray • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
THE ADULA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1900. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 1899.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Southern U.S. District 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: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 176 U.S. 361
- 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: Henry Billings Brown
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.
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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