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CASTNER v. COFFMAN (1900)

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CASTNER v. COFFMAN |
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Term: 1899 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 23, 1900 |
Decided: May 21, 1900 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
CASTNER v. COFFMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1900. The case was argued before the court on January 23, 1900.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of West Virginia.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: trademark
- Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 178 U.S. 168
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- 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: Edward Douglass White
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
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