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DUN v. LUMBERMEN'S CREDIT ASSOCIATION (1908)

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DUN v. LUMBERMEN'S CREDIT ASSOCIATION
Term: 1907
Important Dates
Argued: January 31, 1908
Decided: February 24, 1908
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaWilliam Henry MoodyRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

DUN v. LUMBERMEN'S CREDIT ASSOCIATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1908. The case was argued before the court on January 31, 1908.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: copyright
  • Petitioner: Publisher, publishing company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Publisher, publishing company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 209 U.S. 20
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Henry Moody

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.

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