SAN PEDRO AND CANON DEL AGUA COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1892)

SAN PEDRO AND CANON DEL AGUA COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1892
Important Dates
	Argued: October 17, 1892
	Decided: November 14, 1892
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • George Shiras

SAN PEDRO AND CANON DEL AGUA COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 14, 1892. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1892.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Mexico Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 146 U.S. 120
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: David Josiah Brewer

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.