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PUGH v. FAIRMOUNT GOLD & SILVER MINING COMPANY & ANOTHER (1884)

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PUGH v. FAIRMOUNT GOLD & SILVER MINING COMPANY & ANOTHER |
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Term: 1884 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 22, 1884 |
Decided: November 10, 1884 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods |
PUGH v. FAIRMOUNT GOLD & SILVER MINING COMPANY & ANOTHER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 10, 1884. The case was argued before the court on October 22, 1884.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. Circuit for the District of Colorado.
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 - Real property
- Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 112 U.S. 238
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Burnham Woods
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
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