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CONSOLIDATED CANAL COMPANY v. MESA CANAL COMPANY (1900)

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CONSOLIDATED CANAL COMPANY v. MESA CANAL COMPANY
Term: 1899
Important Dates
Decided: April 9, 1900
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

CONSOLIDATED CANAL COMPANY v. MESA CANAL COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1900.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 177 U.S. 296
  • 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: David Josiah Brewer

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.

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