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TWO PESOS, INC. v. TACO CABANA, INC. (1992)

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TWO PESOS, INC. v. TACO CABANA, INC.
Term: 1991
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1992
Decided: June 26, 1992
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • Byron White
Concurring
Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

TWO PESOS, INC. v. TACO CABANA, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1992. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1992.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: trademark
  • Petitioner: Restaurant, food vendor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Restaurant, food vendor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 505 U.S. 763
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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