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BELL SILVER AND COPPER MINING COMPANY v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BUTTE (1895)

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BELL SILVER AND COPPER MINING COMPANY v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BUTTE |
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Term: 1894 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 16, 1895 |
Decided: March 4, 1895 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
BELL SILVER AND COPPER MINING COMPANY v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BUTTE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1895. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1895.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Montana Territorial Trial Court.
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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: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 156 U.S. 470
- 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: 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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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