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G. & C. MERRIAM COMPANY v. SYNDICATE PUBLISHING COMPANY (1915)

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G. & C. MERRIAM COMPANY v. SYNDICATE PUBLISHING COMPANY |
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Term: 1914 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 14, 1915 |
Decided: June 1, 1915 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
G. & C. MERRIAM COMPANY v. SYNDICATE PUBLISHING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1915. The case was argued before the court on April 14, 1915.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. 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: trademark
- Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Publisher, publishing company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 237 U.S. 618
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day
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
- 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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