CANAL COMPANY v. CLARK (1872)

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CANAL COMPANY v. CLARK
Term: 1871
Important Dates
Argued: February 5, 1872
Decided: February 26, 1872
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

CANAL COMPANY v. CLARK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1872. The case was argued before the court on February 5, 1872.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: trademark
  • Petitioner: Coal company or coal mine operator
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 80 U.S. 311
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Strong

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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