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CORONA CORD TIRE COMPANY v. DOVAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION (1928)

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CORONA CORD TIRE COMPANY v. DOVAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Term: 1927
Important Dates
Argued: January 16, 1928
Decided: April 9, 1928
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesJames Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordHarlan Fiske StoneGeorge SutherlandWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter

CORONA CORD TIRE COMPANY v. DOVAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1928. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1928.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 276 U.S. 358
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft

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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