La Abra Silver Mining Company v. United States

La Abra Silver Mining Company v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 11, 1899
Full case name	La Abra Silver Mining Company v. United States
Citations	175 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
Majority	Harlan, 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. ^{[1] [2]}

See also

• Edwards v. United States

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.

External links

• Text of La Abra Silver Mining Company v. United States, 175 U.S. 423(1899) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia