KEYSTONE MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. ADAMS (1894)

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KEYSTONE MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. ADAMS
Term: 1893
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1893
Decided: January 8, 1894
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanHowell Edmunds JacksonGeorge Shiras

KEYSTONE MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. ADAMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 8, 1894. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1893.

In an 8-0 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 Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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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: 151 U.S. 139
  • 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: George Shiras

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.

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