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UNITED STATES v. DUBILIER CONDENSER CORP.

Term: 1932
Important Dates
Argued: January 13, 1933
Decided: April 10, 1933
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter
Dissenting
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • Harlan Fiske Stone

UNITED STATES v. DUBILIER CONDENSER CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 10, 1933. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1933.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Delaware U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 289 U.S. 178
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: 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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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