WOODS, HOUSING EXPEDITER, v. CLOYD W. MILLER CO. ET AL. (1948)

WOODS, HOUSING EXPEDITER, v. CLOYD W. MILLER CO. ET AL.
	Term: 1947
Important Dates
	Argued: February 6, 1948
	Decided: February 16, 1948
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
	Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson

WOODS, HOUSING EXPEDITER, v. CLOYD W. MILLER CO. ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 16, 1948. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1948.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Ohio Northern 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: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 333 U.S. 138
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
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.