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HOWE MACHINE COMPANY v. NATIONAL NEEDLE COMPANY (1890)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
HOWE MACHINE COMPANY v. NATIONAL NEEDLE COMPANY
Term: 1889
Important Dates
Argued: March 7, 1890
Decided: March 24, 1890
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyDavid Josiah BrewerStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarSamuel Freeman Miller

HOWE MACHINE COMPANY v. NATIONAL NEEDLE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 1890. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1890.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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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: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 134 U.S. 388
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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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