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SMITH v. GOODYEAR DENTAL VULCANITE COMPANY et al. (1877)

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SMITH v. GOODYEAR DENTAL VULCANITE COMPANY et al.
Term: 1876
Important Dates
Argued: November 22, 1876
Decided: January 8, 1877
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Nathan CliffordDavid DavisWard HuntWilliam StrongNoah Haynes SwayneMorrison Waite
Dissenting
Joseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldSamuel Freeman Miller

SMITH v. GOODYEAR DENTAL VULCANITE COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 8, 1877. The case was argued before the court on November 22, 1876.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 93 U.S. 486
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Strong

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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