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ROCK SPRING DISTILLING COMPANY et al. v. W. A. GAINES & COMPANY (1918)

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ROCK SPRING DISTILLING COMPANY et al. v. W. A. GAINES & COMPANY
Term: 1917
Important Dates
Argued: January 31, 1918
Decided: March 18, 1918
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisJohn Hessin ClarkeWilliam Rufus DayOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaJames Clark McReynoldsMahlon PitneyWillis Van DevanterEdward Douglass White

ROCK SPRING DISTILLING COMPANY et al. v. W. A. GAINES & COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 18, 1918. The case was argued before the court on January 31, 1918.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1910s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the White Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
  • Petitioner: Brewery, distillery
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 246 U.S. 312
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

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.

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