Pioche Mines Consolidated, Inc. v. Foley

Petitioners, hereafter generally referred to as Pioche, seek mandate to compel the respondent court and judge to dismiss an “amended supplemental complaint,” which was filed by Fidelity (plaintiff below and intervener here) subsequent to our decisions and mandates on prior appeals in this case. The district judge refused to rule on Pioche’s motion to dismiss the aforesaid amended supplemental complaint. Instead, he postponed action thereon until the time of trial.

Our opinions and orders on the prior appearances here of the controversy between Fidelity and Pioche are published in Pioche Mines…