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SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. v. STIFFEL COMPANY (1964)

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SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. v. STIFFEL COMPANY
Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: January 16, 1964
Decided: March 9, 1964
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
John Harlan II

SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. v. STIFFEL COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1964. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1964.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois 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: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Retail business or outlet
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 376 U.S. 225
  • 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: Hugo Black

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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