GREAT WESTERN MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. HARRIS (1905)

GREAT WESTERN MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. HARRIS
	Term: 1904
Important Dates
	Argued: April 14, 1905
	Decided: May 29, 1905
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
	David Josiah Brewer

GREAT WESTERN MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. HARRIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1905. The case was argued before the court on April 14, 1905.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Vermont U.S. Circuit for the District of Vermont.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 198 U.S. 561
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: William Rufus Day

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 liberal.