QUANTA COMPUTER, INC., et al. v. LG ELECTRONICS, INC. (2008) - Ballotpedia

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QUANTA COMPUTER, INC., et al. v. LG ELECTRONICS, INC.

Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: January 16, 2008
Decided: June 9, 2008
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

QUANTA COMPUTER, INC., et al. v. LG ELECTRONICS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 2008. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 2008.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patentability of computer processes
Petitioner: Computer business or manufacturer, hardware or software
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 553 U.S. 617
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Clarence Thomas

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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