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HENRY v. A.B. DICK COMPANY (1912)

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HENRY v. A.B. DICK COMPANY
Term: 1911
Important Dates
Argued: October 27, 1911
Decided: March 11, 1912
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
4-3
Majority
Oliver Wendell HolmesHorace Harmon LurtonJoseph McKennaWillis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Charles Evans HughesJoseph Rucker LamarEdward Douglass White

HENRY v. A.B. DICK COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 11, 1912. The case was argued before the court on October 27, 1911.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 224 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Horace Harmon Lurton

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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