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BELDING MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. CHALLENGE CORN PLANTER COMPANY (1894)

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BELDING MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. CHALLENGE CORN PLANTER COMPANY |
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Term: 1893 |
Important Dates |
Argued: February 1, 1894 |
Decided: March 5, 1894 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras |
BELDING MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. CHALLENGE CORN PLANTER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1894. The case was argued before the court on February 1, 1894.
In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Michigan.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
- Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Defendant
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 152 U.S. 100
- 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: George Shiras
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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