BLACK DIAMOND COAL MINING COMPANY v. EXCELSIOR COAL COMPANY (1895)

BLACK DIAMOND COAL MINING COMPANY v. EXCELSIOR COAL COMPANY
	Term: 1894
Important Dates
	Argued: January 30, 1895
	Decided: March 4, 1895
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
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

BLACK DIAMOND COAL MINING COMPANY v. EXCELSIOR COAL COMPANY 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 30, 1895.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
Petitioner: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 156 U.S. 611
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: Henry Billings Brown

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.