COSMOPOLITAN MINING COMPANY v. WALSH (1904)

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COSMOPOLITAN MINING COMPANY v. WALSH
Term: 1903
Important Dates
Decided: March 21, 1904
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Henry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White
Dissenting
David Josiah Brewer

COSMOPOLITAN MINING COMPANY v. WALSH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1904.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. Circuit for the District of Colorado.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
  • Petitioner: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 193 U.S. 460
  • 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: Edward Douglass White

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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