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ISRAEL KINSMAN AND CALVIN L. GODDARD, APPELLANTS, v. STEPHEN R. PARKHURST (1856)

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ISRAEL KINSMAN AND CALVIN L. GODDARD, APPELLANTS, v. STEPHEN R. PARKHURST
Term: 1855
Important Dates
Argued: February 20, 1856
Decided: February 26, 1856
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Archibald CampbellJohn CatronBenjamin Robbins CurtisPeter Vivian DanielRobert Cooper GrierJohn McLeanSamuel NelsonRoger Brooke TaneyJames Moore Wayne

ISRAEL KINSMAN AND CALVIN L. GODDARD, APPELLANTS, v. STEPHEN R. PARKHURST is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1856. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1856.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1850s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 59 U.S. 289
  • 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: Benjamin Robbins Curtis

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 unspecifiable.

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