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ENTERPRISE MINING COMPANY v. RICO-ASPEN CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY (1897)

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ENTERPRISE MINING COMPANY v. RICO-ASPEN CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY |
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Term: 1896 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 7, 1897 |
Decided: May 10, 1897 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
ENTERPRISE MINING COMPANY v. RICO-ASPEN CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 10, 1897. The case was argued before the court on April 7, 1897.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. Circuit for the District of Colorado.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
- 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: 167 U.S. 108
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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