UNITED STATES v. LAPENE (1873)

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UNITED STATES v. LAPENE
Term: 1873
Important Dates
Argued: November 13, 1873
Decided: November 24, 1873
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-2
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Ward Hunt • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller

UNITED STATES v. LAPENE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 24, 1873. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1873.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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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: 84 U.S. 601
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Ward Hunt

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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