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SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. JUNE MANUFACTURING COMPANY (1896)

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SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. JUNE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Term: 1895
Important Dates
Argued: October 16, 1894
Decided: May 18, 1896
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. JUNE MANUFACTURING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1896. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1894.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 163 U.S. 169
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White

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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