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UNITED STATES v. TWIN CITY POWER CO. et al. (1956)

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UNITED STATES v. TWIN CITY POWER CO. et al.
Term: 1955
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1955
Decided: January 23, 1956
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Sherman Minton

UNITED STATES v. TWIN CITY POWER CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 23, 1956. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1955.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 350 U.S. 222
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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