CROZIER v. FRIED. KRUPP AKTIENGESELL-SCHAFT (1912)

CROZIER v. FRIED. KRUPP AKTIENGESELL-SCHAFT
	Term: 1911
Important Dates
	Argued: April 20, 1911
	Decided: April 8, 1912
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

CROZIER v. FRIED. KRUPP AKTIENGESELL-SCHAFT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 8, 1912. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1911.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 224 U.S. 290
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
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 conservative.