HENNESSY v. RICHARDSON DRUG COMPANY (1903)

HENNESSY v. RICHARDSON DRUG COMPANY
	Term: 1902
Important Dates
	Argued: March 12, 1903
	Decided: March 23, 1903
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

HENNESSY v. RICHARDSON DRUG COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 1903. The case was argued before the court on March 12, 1903.

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 Nebraska U.S. Circuit for the District of Nebraska.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Seller or vendor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 189 U.S. 25
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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.