KING v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SPRUCE COAL AND LUMBER COMPANY (1910)

KING v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SPRUCE COAL AND LUMBER COMPANY
	Term: 1909
Important Dates
	Argued: December 14, 1909
	Decided: January 31, 1910
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White

KING v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SPRUCE COAL AND LUMBER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 31, 1910. The case was argued before the court on December 14, 1909.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the West Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 216 U.S. 92
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.