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UNITED STATES v. WELCH

Term: 1909
Important Dates
Argued: April 11, 1910
Decided: April 25, 1910
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
John Marshall Harlan

UNITED STATES v. WELCH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 25, 1910. The case was argued before the court on April 11, 1910.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Kentucky.

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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: 217 U.S. 333
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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