AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES v. WHITEHEAD, COMMISSIONER OF PATENT (1921)

AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES v. WHITEHEAD, COMMISSIONER OF PATENT
	Term: 1920
Important Dates
	Argued: January 12, 1921
	Decided: April 11, 1921
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES v. WHITEHEAD, COMMISSIONER OF PATENT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1921. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1921.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Patent Office, or Commissioner of, or Board of Appeals of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 256 U.S. 40
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day

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 conservative.