SAMPLINER v. MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY et al. (1920)

SAMPLINER v. MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY et al.
	Term: 1920
Important Dates
	Argued: November 12, 1920
	Decided: December 6, 1920
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

SAMPLINER v. MOTION PICTURE PATENTS COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1920. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1920.

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: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: presentation, admissibility, or sufficiency of evidence (not necessarily a criminal case)
Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 254 U.S. 233
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: James Clark McReynolds

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.