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GILL v. WELLS (1874)

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GILL v. WELLS
Term: 1874
Important Dates
Argued: April 15, 1874
Decided: October 26, 1874
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Concurring
William Strong

GILL v. WELLS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 26, 1874. The case was argued before the court on April 15, 1874.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 89 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Nathan Clifford

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.

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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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