NEW YORK SCAFFOLDING COMPANY v. CHAIN BELT COMPANY et al. (1920) - Ballotpedia

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NEW YORK SCAFFOLDING COMPANY v. CHAIN BELT COMPANY et al.

Term: 1920
Important Dates
Argued: October 7, 1920
Decided: November 8, 1920
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
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

NEW YORK SCAFFOLDING COMPANY v. CHAIN BELT COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 8, 1920. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 1920.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Wisconsin Eastern U.S. District Court.

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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: 254 U.S. 32
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: Joseph McKenna

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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