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PICKERING v. MCCULLOUGH (1881)

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PICKERING v. MCCULLOUGH |
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Term: 1881 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 30, 1881 |
Decided: December 12, 1881 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
6-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods |
PICKERING v. MCCULLOUGH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 12, 1881. The case was argued before the court on November 30, 1881.
In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
- Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 104 U.S. 310
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Matthews
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
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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