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ALTVATER et al. v. FREEMAN et al. (1943)

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ALTVATER et al. v. FREEMAN et al.
Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: April 19, 1943
Decided: May 24, 1943
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter • Owen Josephus Roberts

ALTVATER et al. v. FREEMAN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1943. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1943.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
  • Petitioner: Seller or vendor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 319 U.S. 359
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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