CORBIN CABINET LOCK COMPANY v. EAGLE LOCK COMPANY (1893)

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CORBIN CABINET LOCK COMPANY v. EAGLE LOCK COMPANY
Term: 1893
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1893
Decided: October 30, 1893
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanHowell Edmunds JacksonGeorge Shiras

CORBIN CABINET LOCK COMPANY v. EAGLE LOCK COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 30, 1893. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1893.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Connecticut U.S. Circuit for the District of Connecticut.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller 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: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 150 U.S. 38
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: Howell Edmunds Jackson

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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