ANVIL MINING COMPANY v. HUMBLE (1894)

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ANVIL MINING COMPANY v. HUMBLE |
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Term: 1893 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 26, 1894 |
Decided: May 14, 1894 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
ANVIL MINING COMPANY v. HUMBLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1894. The case was argued before the court on March 26, 1894.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Michigan.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
- Petitioner: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 153 U.S. 540
- 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: David Josiah Brewer
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 unspecifiable.
See also
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