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HOFFMAN, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE, v. BLASKI et al. (1960)

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HOFFMAN, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE, v. BLASKI et al.
Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: April 19, 1960
Decided: June 13, 1960
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Brennan • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II

HOFFMAN, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE, v. BLASKI et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 13, 1960. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1960.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Venue
  • Petitioner: Judge
  • Petitioner state: United States
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 363 U.S. 335
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Whittaker

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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