ISAAC HARTSHORN AND DANIEL HAYWARD, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. HORACE H. DAY (1857)

ISAAC HARTSHORN AND DANIEL HAYWARD, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. HORACE H. DAY
	Term: 1856
Important Dates
	Argued: December 23, 1856
	Decided: January 27, 1857
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

ISAAC HARTSHORN AND DANIEL HAYWARD, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. HORACE H. DAY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1857. The case was argued before the court on December 23, 1856.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Rhode Island U.S. Circuit for the District of Rhode Island.

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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: Holder of a license or permit, or applicant therefor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 60 U.S. 211
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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.