OFFICE SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. FENTON METALLIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY (1899)

OFFICE SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. FENTON METALLIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY
	Term: 1898
Important Dates
	Argued: April 20, 1899
	Decided: May 15, 1899
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

OFFICE SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. FENTON METALLIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1899. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1899.

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 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
Petitioner: Manufacturer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 174 U.S. 492
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
Who wrote the majority opinion: Henry Billings Brown

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.