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BRULOTTE et al. v. THYS CO. (1964)

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BRULOTTE et al. v. THYS CO.
Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: October 20, 1964
Decided: November 16, 1964
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
John Harlan II

BRULOTTE et al. v. THYS CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 1964. The case was argued before the court on October 20, 1964.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Holder of a license or permit, or applicant therefor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 379 U.S. 29
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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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