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L.A. WESTERMANN COMPANY v. DISPATCH PRINTING COMPANY (1919)

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L.A. WESTERMANN COMPANY v. DISPATCH PRINTING COMPANY
Term: 1918
Important Dates
Decided: March 3, 1919
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisJohn Hessin ClarkeOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaJames Clark McReynoldsMahlon PitneyWillis Van DevanterEdward Douglass White

L.A. WESTERMANN COMPANY v. DISPATCH PRINTING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1919.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: copyright
  • Petitioner: Author, copyright holder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 249 U.S. 100
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Willis Van Devanter

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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