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STONITE PRODUCTS CO. v. MELVIN LLOYD CO. et al. (1942)

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STONITE PRODUCTS CO. v. MELVIN LLOYD CO. et al.
Term: 1941
Important Dates
Argued: February 10, 1942
Decided: March 9, 1942
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo BlackJames ByrnesWilliam DouglasFelix FrankfurterRobert JacksonFrank MurphyStanley ReedOwen Josephus RobertsHarlan Fiske Stone

STONITE PRODUCTS CO. v. MELVIN LLOYD CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1942. The case was argued before the court on February 10, 1942.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 315 U.S. 561
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Frank Murphy

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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