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DE FOREST RADIO TELEPHONE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1927)
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| DE FOREST RADIO TELEPHONE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES |
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| Term: 1926 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 20, 1927 |
| Decided: February 21, 1927 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
DE FOREST RADIO TELEPHONE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1927. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1927.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
- Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 273 U.S. 236
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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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