UNITED STATES v. RIO GRANDE DAM AND IRRIGATION COMPANY (1902)

UNITED STATES v. RIO GRANDE DAM AND IRRIGATION COMPANY
	Term: 1901
Important Dates
	Argued: November 14, 1901
	Decided: March 3, 1902
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-2
Majority
	Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • George Shiras

UNITED STATES v. RIO GRANDE DAM AND IRRIGATION COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1902. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1901.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New Mexico Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 184 U.S. 416
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: John Marshall Harlan

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 liberal.