DEL MONTE MINING AND MILLING COMPANY v. LAST CHANCE MINING AND MILLING COMPANY (1898)

DEL MONTE MINING AND MILLING COMPANY v. LAST CHANCE MINING AND MILLING COMPANY
	Term: 1897
Important Dates
	Argued: December 8, 1897
	Decided: May 23, 1898
Outcome
	Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

DEL MONTE MINING AND MILLING COMPANY v. LAST CHANCE MINING AND MILLING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 23, 1898. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1897.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. Circuit for the District of Colorado.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
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: 171 U.S. 55
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
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 conservative.