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DOW CHEMICAL CO. v. HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING CO. (1945)

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DOW CHEMICAL CO. v. HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING CO. |
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Term: 1944 |
Important Dates |
Argued: February 6, 1945 |
Decided: March 5, 1945 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone |
DOW CHEMICAL CO. v. HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1945. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1945.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.
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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: 324 U.S. 320
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Frank Murphy
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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