NICOLSON PAVEMENT COMPANY v. JENKINS (1872)

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NICOLSON PAVEMENT COMPANY v. JENKINS |
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Term: 1871 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 12, 1872 |
Decided: January 29, 1872 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne |
NICOLSON PAVEMENT COMPANY v. JENKINS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 29, 1872. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1872.
In an 8-0 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 California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
- Petitioner: Construction industry
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 81 U.S. 452
- 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: Salmon Portland Chase
- Who wrote the majority opinion: David Davis
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 conservative.
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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