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F. W. WOOLWORTH CO. v. CONTEMPORARY ARTS, INC. (1952)
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| F. W. WOOLWORTH CO. v. CONTEMPORARY ARTS, INC. |
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| Term: 1952 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 17, 1952 |
| Decided: December 22, 1952 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson |
| Dissenting |
| Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter |
F. W. WOOLWORTH CO. v. CONTEMPORARY ARTS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 22, 1952. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1952.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts Massachusetts U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: copyright
- Petitioner: Retail business or outlet
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Author, copyright holder
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 344 U.S. 228
- 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: Robert Jackson
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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