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HOLLAND FURNITURE COMPANY v. PERKINS GLUE COMPANY (1928)

| HOLLAND FURNITURE COMPANY v. PERKINS GLUE COMPANY |
|---|
| Term: 1927 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 14, 1928 |
| Decided: May 14, 1928 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
HOLLAND FURNITURE COMPANY v. PERKINS GLUE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1928. The case was argued before the court on March 14, 1928.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
- Petitioner: Business, corporation
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 277 U.S. 245
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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