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TOLEDO PRESSED STEEL CO. v. STANDARD PARTS, INC. (1939)

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TOLEDO PRESSED STEEL CO. v. STANDARD PARTS, INC.
Term: 1938
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1939
Decided: May 29, 1939
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo BlackPierce ButlerFelix FrankfurterCharles Evans HughesJames Clark McReynoldsStanley ReedOwen Josephus RobertsHarlan Fiske Stone

TOLEDO PRESSED STEEL CO. v. STANDARD PARTS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1939. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1939.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes 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: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 307 U.S. 350
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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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