ASPEN MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY v. BILLINGS. (1893)

ASPEN MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY v. BILLINGS.
	Term: 1893
Important Dates
	Decided: October 23, 1893
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras

ASPEN MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY v. BILLINGS. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 23, 1893.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 150 U.S. 31
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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 liberal.