LOWRY v. SILVER CITY GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY (1900) - Ballotpedia

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LOWRY v. SILVER CITY GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY

Term: 1900
Important Dates
Argued: November 14, 1900
Decided: December 3, 1900
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

LOWRY v. SILVER CITY GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 3, 1900. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1900.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Utah State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
Petitioner: Tenant or lessee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 179 U.S. 196
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: 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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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