L. E. WATERMAN COMPANY v. MODERN PEN COMPANY (1914) - Ballotpedia

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L. E. WATERMAN COMPANY v. MODERN PEN COMPANY

Term: 1914
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 1914
Decided: November 30, 1914
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
Mahlon Pitney

L. E. WATERMAN COMPANY v. MODERN PEN COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 1914. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1914.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 235 U.S. 88
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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