UNITED STATES v. TRUESDELL (1893)

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UNITED STATES v. TRUESDELL
Term: 1892
Important Dates
Decided: March 6, 1893
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordDavid Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayHowell Edmunds JacksonGeorge Shiras

UNITED STATES v. TRUESDELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 6, 1893.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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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: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 148 U.S. 196
  • 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: George Shiras

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.

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