THE INFANTA MARIA TERESA (1903)

THE INFANTA MARIA TERESA
	Term: 1902
Important Dates
	Argued: October 27, 1902
	Decided: February 23, 1903
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown

THE INFANTA MARIA TERESA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1903. The case was argued before the court on October 27, 1902.

In a 7-2 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 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 188 U.S. 283
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.