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BUSHNELL v. CROOKE MINING & SMELTING COMPANY (1893)
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| BUSHNELL v. CROOKE MINING & SMELTING COMPANY |
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| Term: 1892 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 4, 1893 |
| Decided: April 17, 1893 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 7-0 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras |
BUSHNELL v. CROOKE MINING & SMELTING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1893. The case was argued before the court on April 4, 1893.
In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Colorado State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 148 U.S. 682
- 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: Howell Edmunds Jackson
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 conservative.
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