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SCHRIBER-SCHROTH CO. v. CLEVELAND TRUST CO. et al. (1938)

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SCHRIBER-SCHROTH CO. v. CLEVELAND TRUST CO. et al.
Term: 1938
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1938
Decided: November 7, 1938
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone

SCHRIBER-SCHROTH CO. v. CLEVELAND TRUST CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 7, 1938. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1938.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Seller or vendor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 305 U.S. 47
  • 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: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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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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