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LAVER v. DENNETT & ANOTHER (1883)

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LAVER v. DENNETT & ANOTHER
Term: 1883
Important Dates
Argued: October 9, 1883
Decided: October 29, 1883
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

LAVER v. DENNETT & ANOTHER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 29, 1883. The case was argued before the court on October 9, 1883.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 109 U.S. 90
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Matthews

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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