ERIC ELDRED, et al. v. JOHN D. ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL (2003) - Ballotpedia

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ERIC ELDRED, et al. v. JOHN D. ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL

Term: 2002
Important Dates
Argued: October 9, 2002
Decided: January 15, 2003
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens

ERIC ELDRED, et al. v. JOHN D. ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 2003. The case was argued before the court on October 9, 2002.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: copyright
Petitioner: Publisher, publishing company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: attorney general of the United States, or his office
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 537 U.S. 186
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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