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PACKET COMPANY v. SICKLES (1867)

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PACKET COMPANY v. SICKLES |
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Term: 1866 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 28, 1867 |
Decided: February 26, 1867 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
8-1 |
Majority |
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne |
Dissenting |
Samuel Freeman Miller |
PACKET COMPANY v. SICKLES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1867. The case was argued before the court on January 28, 1867.
In an 8-1 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.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
- Petitioner: Business, corporation
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 72 U.S. 580
- 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: Samuel Nelson
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 unspecifiable.
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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