MILLER MUSIC CORP. v. CHARLES N. DANIELS, INC. (1960) - Ballotpedia

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MILLER MUSIC CORP. v. CHARLES N. DANIELS, INC.

Term: 1959
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1960
Decided: April 18, 1960
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker

MILLER MUSIC CORP. v. CHARLES N. DANIELS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1960. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1960.

In a 5-4 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: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: copyright
Petitioner: Author, copyright holder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 362 U.S. 373
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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