PECHEUR LOZENGE CO., INC. v. NATIONAL CANDY CO., INC. (1942)

PECHEUR LOZENGE CO., INC. v. NATIONAL CANDY CO., INC.
	Term: 1941
Important Dates
	Argued: March 10, 1942
	Decided: March 30, 1942
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • James Byrnes • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

PECHEUR LOZENGE CO., INC. v. NATIONAL CANDY CO., INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 1942. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1942.

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 New Jersey U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 315 U.S. 666
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.