POWERS-KENNEDY CONTRACTING CORPORATION et al. v. CONCRETE MIXING AND CONVEYING COMPANY (1930)

POWERS-KENNEDY CONTRACTING CORPORATION et al. v. CONCRETE MIXING AND CONVEYING COMPANY
	Term: 1930
Important Dates
	Argued: April 16, 1929
	Decided: December 15, 1930
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

POWERS-KENNEDY CONTRACTING CORPORATION et al. v. CONCRETE MIXING AND CONVEYING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 15, 1930. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 1929.

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 York Southern U.S. District Court.

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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: 282 U.S. 175
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Owen Josephus Roberts

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.