MICROSOFT CORPORATION v. AT&T CORP. (2007)

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MICROSOFT CORPORATION v. AT&T CORP.
Term: 2006
Important Dates
Argued: February 21, 2007
Decided: April 30, 2007
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • David Souter
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens

MICROSOFT CORPORATION v. AT&T CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 2007. The case was argued before the court on February 21, 2007.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patentability of computer processes
  • Petitioner: Computer business or manufacturer, hardware or software
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Computer business or manufacturer, hardware or software
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 550 U.S. 437
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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