AMERICAN ROAD MACHINE COMPANY v. PENNOCK AND SHARP COMPANY (1896)

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AMERICAN ROAD MACHINE COMPANY v. PENNOCK AND SHARP COMPANY
Term: 1896
Important Dates
Argued: March 30, 1896
Decided: October 19, 1896
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

AMERICAN ROAD MACHINE COMPANY v. PENNOCK AND SHARP COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 19, 1896. The case was argued before the court on March 30, 1896.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 164 U.S. 26
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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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