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EAGLETON MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. WEST, BRADLEY & CAREY MANUFACTURING COMPANY & ANOTHER (1884)

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EAGLETON MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. WEST, BRADLEY & CAREY MANUFACTURING COMPANY & ANOTHER
Term: 1883
Important Dates
Argued: April 15, 1884
Decided: May 5, 1884
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

EAGLETON MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. WEST, BRADLEY & CAREY MANUFACTURING COMPANY & ANOTHER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 1884. The case was argued before the court on April 15, 1884.

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

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: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 111 U.S. 490
  • 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: Samuel Blatchford

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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