HORACE C. SILSBY et al., APPELLANTS, v. ELISHA FOOTE (1858)

HORACE C. SILSBY et al., APPELLANTS, v. ELISHA FOOTE
	Term: 1857
Important Dates
	Argued: December 31, 1857
	Decided: January 11, 1858
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

HORACE C. SILSBY et al., APPELLANTS, v. ELISHA FOOTE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1858. The case was argued before the court on December 31, 1857.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 61 U.S. 290
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Nelson

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.