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MCLOUGHLIN v. RAPHAEL TUCK CO. (1903)

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MCLOUGHLIN v. RAPHAEL TUCK CO.
Term: 1903
Important Dates
Argued: November 11, 1903
Decided: November 30, 1903
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

MCLOUGHLIN v. RAPHAEL TUCK CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 1903. The case was argued before the court on November 11, 1903.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: copyright
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Publisher, publishing company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 191 U.S. 267
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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: Edward Douglass White

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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