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OVERLAND MOTOR COMPANY v. PACKARD MOTOR COMPANY et al. (1927)

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OVERLAND MOTOR COMPANY v. PACKARD MOTOR COMPANY et al.
Term: 1926
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1927
Decided: May 31, 1927
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesJames Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordHarlan Fiske StoneGeorge SutherlandWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter

OVERLAND MOTOR COMPANY v. PACKARD MOTOR COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 31, 1927. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1927.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 274 U.S. 417
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft

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.

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