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CLEMENTS v. ODORLESS EXCAVATING APPARATUS COMPANY (1884)

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CLEMENTS v. ODORLESS EXCAVATING APPARATUS COMPANY
Term: 1883
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1883
Decided: January 7, 1884
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

CLEMENTS v. ODORLESS EXCAVATING APPARATUS COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1884. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1883.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

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: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 109 U.S. 641
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Blatchford

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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