STEELE ET AL. v. BULOVA WATCH CO., INC. (1952) - Ballotpedia

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STEELE ET AL. v. BULOVA WATCH CO., INC.

Term: 1952
Important Dates
Argued: November 10, 1952
Decided: December 22, 1952
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
William Douglas • Stanley Reed

STEELE ET AL. v. BULOVA WATCH CO., INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 22, 1952. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1952.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: trademark
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 344 U.S. 280
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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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External links

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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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