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UNITED STATES v. TRINIDAD COAL AND COKING COMPANY

Term: 1890
Important Dates
Argued: October 29, 1890
Decided: November 17, 1890
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

UNITED STATES v. TRINIDAD COAL AND COKING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 17, 1890. The case was argued before the court on October 29, 1890.

In an 8-0 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 Colorado U.S. Circuit for the District of Colorado.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Miscellaneous economic regulation
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 137 U.S. 160
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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