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SMITH v. VULCAN IRON WORKS

Term: 1896
Important Dates
Argued: January 19, 1897
Decided: February 15, 1897
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

SMITH v. VULCAN IRON WORKS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 15, 1897. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 1897.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 165 U.S. 518
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: Horace Gray

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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