MASON v. PEWABIC MINING COMPANY (1894) - Ballotpedia

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MASON v. PEWABIC MINING COMPANY

Term: 1893
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 1894
Decided: May 14, 1894
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

MASON v. PEWABIC MINING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1894. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1894.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 153 U.S. 361
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.

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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