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MECCANO, LIMITED, v. JOHN WANAMAKER, NEW YORK (1920)

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MECCANO, LIMITED, v. JOHN WANAMAKER, NEW YORK |
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Term: 1919 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 26, 1920 |
Decided: May 17, 1920 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
MECCANO, LIMITED, v. JOHN WANAMAKER, NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1920. The case was argued before the court on January 26, 1920.
In a 9-0 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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
- Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Manufacturer
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 253 U.S. 136
- 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: James Clark McReynolds
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.
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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