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CALIFORNIA ARTIFICIAL STONE PAVING COMPANY v. MOLITOR (1885)

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CALIFORNIA ARTIFICIAL STONE PAVING COMPANY v. MOLITOR
Term: 1884
Important Dates
Decided: March 2, 1885
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

CALIFORNIA ARTIFICIAL STONE PAVING COMPANY v. MOLITOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1885.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: certification (cf. objection to reason for denial of certiorari or appeal)
  • Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 113 U.S. 609
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Bradley

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.

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