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KOKOMO FENCE NACHINE COMPANY v. KITSELMAN (1903)

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KOKOMO FENCE NACHINE COMPANY v. KITSELMAN
Term: 1902
Important Dates
Argued: January 22, 1903
Decided: March 23, 1903
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

KOKOMO FENCE NACHINE COMPANY v. KITSELMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 1903. The case was argued before the court on January 22, 1903.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 189 U.S. 8
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • 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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