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VERNON HUGH BOWMAN, PETITIONER v. MONSANTO COMPANY et al.

Term: 2012
Important Dates
Argued: February 19, 2013
Decided: May 13, 2013
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

VERNON HUGH BOWMAN, PETITIONER v. MONSANTO COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 2013. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 2013.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
Petitioner: Farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Chemical company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 569 U.S. 278
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Elena Kagan

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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External links

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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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