THOMAS CUSACK COMPANY v. CITY OF CHICAGO et al. (1917)

THOMAS CUSACK COMPANY v. CITY OF CHICAGO et al.
	Term: 1916
Important Dates
	Argued: December 20, 1916
	Decided: January 15, 1917
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Joseph McKenna

THOMAS CUSACK COMPANY v. CITY OF CHICAGO et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1917. The case was argued before the court on December 20, 1916.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Zoning: constitutionality of such ordinances, or restrictions on owners' or lessors' use of real property
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 242 U.S. 526
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.