ARGENTINE MINING CO. v. TERRIBLE MINING CO (1887) - Ballotpedia

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ARGENTINE MINING CO. v. TERRIBLE MINING CO

Term: 1886
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1887
Decided: May 27, 1887
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite

ARGENTINE MINING CO. v. TERRIBLE MINING CO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1887. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1887.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. Circuit for the District of Colorado.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
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: 122 U.S. 478
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: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Johnson Field

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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