MASON v. PEWABIC MINING COMPANY. (1890)

MASON v. PEWABIC MINING COMPANY.
	Term: 1889
Important Dates
	Argued: December 17, 1889
	Decided: January 13, 1890
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller
Concurring
	Joseph Bradley

MASON v. PEWABIC MINING COMPANY. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1890. The case was argued before the court on December 17, 1889.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Michigan U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Michigan.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 133 U.S. 50
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: 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 unspecifiable.