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U.S. INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS, INC. v. CARBIDE & CARBON CHEMICALS CORP. (1942)

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U.S. INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS, INC. v. CARBIDE & CARBON CHEMICALS CORP.
Term: 1941
Important Dates
Argued: March 13, 1942
Decided: March 30, 1942
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo BlackJames ByrnesWilliam DouglasFelix FrankfurterRobert JacksonFrank MurphyStanley ReedOwen Josephus RobertsHarlan Fiske Stone

U.S. INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS, INC. v. CARBIDE & CARBON CHEMICALS CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 1942. The case was argued before the court on March 13, 1942.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
  • Petitioner: Chemical company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 315 U.S. 668
  • 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: Owen Josephus Roberts

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 liberal.

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