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EDWARD KATZINGER CO. v. CHICAGO METALLIC MANUFACTURING CO. (1947)

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EDWARD KATZINGER CO. v. CHICAGO METALLIC MANUFACTURING CO. |
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Term: 1946 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 14, 1946 |
Decided: January 6, 1947 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
5-4 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson |
Dissenting |
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed |
EDWARD KATZINGER CO. v. CHICAGO METALLIC MANUFACTURING CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1947. The case was argued before the court on November 14, 1946.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Illinois Northern 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: Holder of a license or permit, or applicant therefor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 329 U.S. 394
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black
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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