BASSICK MANUFACTURING CO. v. R. M. HOLLINGSHEAD CO. (1936) - Ballotpedia

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BASSICK MANUFACTURING CO. v. R. M. HOLLINGSHEAD CO.

Term: 1935
Important Dates
Argued: October 21, 1935
Decided: May 18, 1936
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

BASSICK MANUFACTURING CO. v. R. M. HOLLINGSHEAD CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1936. The case was argued before the court on October 21, 1935.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee Western U.S. District Court.

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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: Seller or vendor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 298 U.S. 415
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Owen Josephus Roberts

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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