UNITED STATES v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO. (1961)

UNITED STATES v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.
	Term: 1960
Important Dates
	Argued: November 10, 1960
	Decided: April 3, 1961
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Brennan • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart
Concurring
	William Douglas
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

UNITED STATES v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 3, 1961. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1960.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Virginia Western U.S. District Court.

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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: 365 U.S. 624
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: Potter Stewart

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.