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UNION LIME COMPANY v. CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY (1914)

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UNION LIME COMPANY v. CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY |
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Term: 1913 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 2, 1914 |
Decided: April 6, 1914 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
UNION LIME COMPANY v. CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1914. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1914.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.
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: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 233 U.S. 211
- 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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