YOSEMITE GOLD MINING AND MILLING COMPANY v. EMERSON (1908)

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YOSEMITE GOLD MINING AND MILLING COMPANY v. EMERSON
Term: 1907
Important Dates
Argued: December 13, 1907
Decided: January 6, 1908
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaWilliam Henry MoodyRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

YOSEMITE GOLD MINING AND MILLING COMPANY v. EMERSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1908. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1907.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
  • Petitioner: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 208 U.S. 25
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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: William Rufus Day

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 unspecifiable.

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