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GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. DEVEX CORP. et al. (1983)

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GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. DEVEX CORP. et al.
Term: 1982
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1982
Decided: May 24, 1983
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
John Paul Stevens

GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. DEVEX CORP. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 1983. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1982.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Delaware U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1980s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Auto manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 461 U.S. 648
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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