Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
OLD JORDAN MINING AND MILLING CO. v. SOCIETE ANONYME DES MINES (1896)

![]() |
OLD JORDAN MINING AND MILLING CO. v. SOCIETE ANONYME DES MINES |
---|
Term: 1896 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 27, 1896 |
Decided: November 30, 1896 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
OLD JORDAN MINING AND MILLING CO. v. SOCIETE ANONYME DES MINES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 1896. The case was argued before the court on October 27, 1896.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Utah Territorial Trial Court.
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: Private Action - Contracts
- Petitioner: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: foreign (non-American) nongovernmental entity
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 164 U.S. 261
- 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: Henry Billings Brown
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
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
External links
Footnotes