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CARDINAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, ETC., et al. v. MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. (1993)

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CARDINAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, ETC., et al. v. MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Term: 1992
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1993
Decided: May 17, 1993
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Concurring
Antonin Scalia • David Souter

CARDINAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, ETC., et al. v. MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1993. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1993.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the South Carolina U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
  • Petitioner: Chemical company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 508 U.S. 83
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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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