HONOLULU OIL CORP. et al. v. HALLIBURTON et al. (1939) - Ballotpedia

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HONOLULU OIL CORP. et al. v. HALLIBURTON et al.

Term: 1938
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1939
Decided: April 17, 1939
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Pierce Butler • Felix Frankfurter • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

HONOLULU OIL CORP. et al. v. HALLIBURTON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1939. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1939.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
Petitioner: Oil company, or natural gas producer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 306 U.S. 550
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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