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DOWNTON v. YEAGER MILLING COMPANY (1883)

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DOWNTON v. YEAGER MILLING COMPANY
Term: 1882
Important Dates
Decided: May 7, 1883
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

DOWNTON v. YEAGER MILLING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 7, 1883.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 108 U.S. 466
  • 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: William Burnham Woods

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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