Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company v. Chicago

Chicago Company v. Chicago (1897)
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago, 166 U.S. 226 (1897), incorporated the takings clause of the 5th amendment into the due process clause of the 14th amendment by requiring states to provide just compensation for seizing private property. This was the first supreme court case that incorporated an amendment of the Bill of Rights. Prior to this case, the Bill of Rights was considered to only apply to the Federal government. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Opinion of the Court

Dissenting Opinion: Brewer

United States Supreme Court

166 U.S. 226

Chicago Company v. Chicago

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John J. Herrick, for plaintiff in error.

John S. Miller, for defendant in error.

Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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