KNOP v. MONONGAHELA RIVER CONSOLIDATED COAL AND COKE COMPANY (1909)

KNOP v. MONONGAHELA RIVER CONSOLIDATED COAL AND COKE COMPANY
	Term: 1908
Important Dates
	Argued: December 18, 1908
	Decided: January 4, 1909
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

KNOP v. MONONGAHELA RIVER CONSOLIDATED COAL AND COKE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 4, 1909. The case was argued before the court on December 18, 1908.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Louisiana
Respondent type: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 211 U.S. 485
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: 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 conservative.