EMPIRE STATE-IDAHO MINING AND DEVELOPING COMPANY v. HANLEY (1905)

EMPIRE STATE-IDAHO MINING AND DEVELOPING COMPANY v. HANLEY
	Term: 1904
Important Dates
	Argued: May 1, 1905
	Decided: May 15, 1905
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

EMPIRE STATE-IDAHO MINING AND DEVELOPING COMPANY v. HANLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1905. The case was argued before the court on May 1, 1905.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Idaho U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Idaho.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
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: 198 U.S. 292
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: 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 conservative.