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SCHNELL et al. v. PETER ECKRICH & SONS, INC., et al. (1961)

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SCHNELL et al. v. PETER ECKRICH & SONS, INC., et al.
Term: 1960
Important Dates
Argued: January 11, 1961
Decided: February 20, 1961
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

SCHNELL et al. v. PETER ECKRICH & SONS, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1961. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1961.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Venue
  • Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 365 U.S. 260
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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