THE PAQUETE HABANA : UNITED STATES v. THE PAQUETE HABANA (1903)

THE PAQUETE HABANA : UNITED STATES v. THE PAQUETE HABANA
	Term: 1902
Important Dates
	Argued: March 19, 1903
	Decided: April 6, 1903
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

THE PAQUETE HABANA : UNITED STATES v. THE PAQUETE HABANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1903. The case was argued before the court on March 19, 1903.

In a 9-0 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 Florida 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: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 189 U.S. 453
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.