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UNITED STATES REPAIR AND GUARANTEE COMPANY v. ASSYRIAN ASPHALT COMPANY (1902)

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UNITED STATES REPAIR AND GUARANTEE COMPANY v. ASSYRIAN ASPHALT COMPANY
Term: 1901
Important Dates
Argued: October 28, 1901
Decided: January 6, 1902
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

UNITED STATES REPAIR AND GUARANTEE COMPANY v. ASSYRIAN ASPHALT COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1902. The case was argued before the court on October 28, 1901.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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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: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 183 U.S. 591
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph McKenna

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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