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REAL DE DOLORES DEL ORO v. UNITED STATES (1899)

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REAL DE DOLORES DEL ORO v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1899 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 12, 1899 |
Decided: November 30, 1899 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
Dissenting |
George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
REAL DE DOLORES DEL ORO v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 1899. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1899.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Court of Private Land Claims.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
- Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Petitioner state: New Mexico
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 175 U.S. 71
- 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: 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 conservative.
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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