United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railway Co.
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United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co., 160 U.S. 668 (1896), was a case to prevent trolley operations on the Gettysburg Battlefield. The dispute began in August 1891 when the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association's board approved attorney Samuel Swope's motion to deny trolley right-of-way along GBMA roads.[3] Despite the 1896 US Supreme Court ruling that the railway could be seized for historic preservation,[1] as well as earlier legislative efforts to appropriate federal acquisition funds, create a War Department commission, and form the Gettysburg National Military Park; the trolley continued operations until obsolete in 1916.
United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co. | |
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Argued January 8–9, 1896 Decided January 24, 1896 | |
Full case name | United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railway Company |
Citations | 160 U.S. 668 (more) 16 S. Ct. 427; 40 L. Ed. 576 |
Holding | |
Eminent domain for historic preservation "seems" to be "a public use".[1] | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Peckham, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
Appropriation Acts of 1893 (March 3) & 1894 (August 18), 1895 "Sickles Gettysburg Park Bill" (28 Stat. 651)[2] |