Miller v. Schoene

Miller v. Schoene
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 20, 1928 Decided February 20, 1928
Full case name	Miller, et al. v. Schoene
Citations	276 U.S. 272 (more) 48 S. Ct. 246; 72 L. Ed. 568; 1928 U.S. LEXIS 78
Case history
Prior	Error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Holding
The Virginia Statute and order to remove Miller's cedar trees did not violate due process.
Court membership
Chief Justice William H. Taft Associate Justices Oliver W. Holmes Jr. · Willis Van Devanter James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis George Sutherland · Pierce Butler Edward T. Sanford · Harlan F. Stone
Case opinion
Majority	Stone, joined by unanimous

Miller v. Schoene, 276 U.S. 272 (1928), was a classic property rights case in balancing the rights of a property owner against a social policy that is not unreasonable.