BRITISH QUEEN MINING COMPANY v. BAKER SILVER MINING COMPANY (1891)

BRITISH QUEEN MINING COMPANY v. BAKER SILVER MINING COMPANY
	Term: 1890
Important Dates
	Argued: March 13, 1891
	Decided: March 16, 1891
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

BRITISH QUEEN MINING COMPANY v. BAKER SILVER MINING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 16, 1891. The case was argued before the court on March 13, 1891.

In a 9-0 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.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: adequate non-federal grounds for decision
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: 139 U.S. 222
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: 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.