STANTON v. BALTIC MINING COMPANY (1916)

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STANTON v. BALTIC MINING COMPANY
Term: 1915
Important Dates
Argued: October 14, 1915
Decided: February 21, 1916
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

STANTON v. BALTIC MINING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1916. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 1915.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: taxpayer's suit
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 240 U.S. 103
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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