GOULD v. REES (1872)

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GOULD v. REES
Term: 1872
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 1872
Decided: November 25, 1872
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

GOULD v. REES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 25, 1872. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1872.

In an 8-0 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 Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 82 U.S. 187
  • 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: Salmon Portland Chase
  • 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 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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