IRON SILVER MINING COMPANY v. CAMPBELL (1890)

IRON SILVER MINING COMPANY v. CAMPBELL
	Term: 1889
Important Dates
	Argued: March 25, 1890
	Decided: April 28, 1890
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Melville Weston Fuller

IRON SILVER MINING COMPANY v. CAMPBELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 1890. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 1890.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 135 U.S. 286
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: Samuel Freeman Miller

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.