merchantable ore
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 247 U.S. 116 - United States v. Biwabik Mining Co. · 1918Most cited · 183 citing opinions
including 'all ores which grade 55% and above in metallic iron regardless of other ingredients.' "The lessee contracted to mine and remove at least 300,000 tons of ore annually, or to pay to the lessor 30c.
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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “merchantable ore” — 183 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.