nonessential mine
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 357 U.S. 155 - United States v. Central Eureka Mining Co. · 1958Most cited · 533 citing opinions
any mining enterprise in which gold is produced, whether lode or placer, located in the United States, its territories or possessions, unless the operator of such mining enterprise is the holder of a serial number for such enterprise which has been issued under Preference Rating Order P—56.
How often courts cite the case defining “nonessential mine”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “nonessential mine” — 533 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.