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MATTHEWS v. IRONCLAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY (1888)

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MATTHEWS v. IRONCLAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY |
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Term: 1887 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 21, 1887 |
Decided: January 23, 1888 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite |
MATTHEWS v. IRONCLAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 23, 1888. The case was argued before the court on December 21, 1887.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
- Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Manufacturer
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 124 U.S. 347
- 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: Horace Gray
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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