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CASTNER v. COFFMAN (1900)

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CASTNER v. COFFMAN
Term: 1899
Important Dates
Argued: January 23, 1900
Decided: May 21, 1900
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward 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.

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