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UNITED STATES v. BUDD (1892)

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UNITED STATES v. BUDD
Term: 1891
Important Dates
Argued: February 1, 1892
Decided: March 28, 1892
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordDavid Josiah BrewerStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Dissenting
Henry Billings BrownJohn Marshall Harlan

UNITED STATES v. BUDD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 28, 1892. The case was argued before the court on February 1, 1892.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Washington.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 144 U.S. 154
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: David Josiah Brewer

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 unspecifiable.

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