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FUNK BROTHERS SEED CO. v. KALO INOCULANT CO. (1948)

| FUNK BROTHERS SEED CO. v. KALO INOCULANT CO. |
|---|
| Term: 1947 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 13, 1948 |
| Decided: February 16, 1948 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson |
| Concurring |
| Felix Frankfurter |
| Dissenting |
| Harold Burton • Robert Jackson |
FUNK BROTHERS SEED CO. v. KALO INOCULANT CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 16, 1948. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1948.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Illinois Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
- Petitioner: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 333 U.S. 127
- 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: William Douglas
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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