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MINING COMPANY v. ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK (1881)

| MINING COMPANY v. ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK |
|---|
| Term: 1881 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 4, 1881 |
| Decided: November 21, 1881 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 6-0 |
| Majority |
| Joseph Bradley • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods |
MINING COMPANY v. ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 21, 1881. The case was argued before the court on November 4, 1881.
In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
- Petitioner: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 104 U.S. 192
- 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: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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