UNITED STATES v. NORTH AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION & TRADING COMPANY (1920)

UNITED STATES v. NORTH AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION & TRADING COMPANY
	Term: 1919
Important Dates
	Argued: April 30, 1920
	Decided: June 1, 1920
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. NORTH AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION & TRADING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1920. The case was argued before the court on April 30, 1920.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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: 253 U.S. 330
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Louis Dembitz Brandeis

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.