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1899 United States Supreme Court case
La Abra Silver Mining Company v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 11, 1899
Full case nameLa Abra Silver Mining Company v. United States
Citations175 U.S. 423 (more)
Holding
A law is not invalid when a president signs it during a Congressional recess, so long as it is signed within 10 days.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Melville Fuller
Associate Justices
John M. Harlan · Horace Gray
David J. Brewer · Henry B. Brown
George Shiras Jr. · Edward D. White
Rufus W. Peckham · Joseph McKenna
Case opinion
MajorityHarlan, joined by unanimous
Gray, McKenna took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
Presentment Clause

La Abra Silver Mining Company v. United States, 175 U.S. 423 (1899), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that a law is not invalid when a president signs it during a Congressional recess, so long as it is signed within 10 days.

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References

  1. La Abra Silver Mining Company v. United States, 175 U.S. 423 (1899).
  2. Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Pocket Veto". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 353.

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