EDWIN M. CHAFFEE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE BOSTON BELTING COMPANY (1859)

EDWIN M. CHAFFEE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE BOSTON BELTING COMPANY
	Term: 1859
Important Dates
	Argued: February 15, 1859
	Decided: December 27, 1859
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

EDWIN M. CHAFFEE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE BOSTON BELTING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 27, 1859. The case was argued before the court on February 15, 1859.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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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: Manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 63 U.S. 217
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
Who wrote the majority opinion: Nathan Clifford

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.