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DUPLATE CORPORATION et al. v. TRIPLEX SAFETY GLASS CO. (1936)
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| DUPLATE CORPORATION et al. v. TRIPLEX SAFETY GLASS CO. |
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| Term: 1935 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: May 1, 1936 |
| Decided: May 18, 1936 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland |
DUPLATE CORPORATION et al. v. TRIPLEX SAFETY GLASS CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1936. The case was argued before the court on May 1, 1936.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
- Petitioner: Business, corporation
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 298 U.S. 448
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
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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