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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. v. WABASH APPLIANCE CORP. et al.

Term: 1937
Important Dates
Argued: March 4, 1938
Decided: May 16, 1938
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. v. WABASH APPLIANCE CORP. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1938. The case was argued before the court on March 4, 1938.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
Petitioner: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 304 U.S. 364
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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

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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