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MCKINLEY CREEK MINING CO. v. ALASKA UNITED MINING CO. (1902)

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MCKINLEY CREEK MINING CO. v. ALASKA UNITED MINING CO.
Term: 1901
Important Dates
Argued: April 15, 1901
Decided: January 6, 1902
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

MCKINLEY CREEK MINING CO. v. ALASKA UNITED MINING CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1902. The case was argued before the court on April 15, 1901.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alaska U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
  • Petitioner: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 183 U.S. 563
  • 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: Joseph McKenna

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.

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