FRED FISHER MUSIC CO. et al. v. M. WITMARK & SONS (1943) - Ballotpedia

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FRED FISHER MUSIC CO. et al. v. M. WITMARK & SONS

Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1943
Decided: April 5, 1943
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy

FRED FISHER MUSIC CO. et al. v. M. WITMARK & SONS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 5, 1943. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1943.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: copyright
Petitioner: Author, copyright holder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Author, copyright holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 318 U.S. 643
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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

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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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