VIRTUE v. CREAMERY PACKAGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND OWATONNA COMPANY (1913)

VIRTUE v. CREAMERY PACKAGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND OWATONNA COMPANY
	Term: 1912
Important Dates
	Argued: December 9, 1912
	Decided: January 20, 1913
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

VIRTUE v. CREAMERY PACKAGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND OWATONNA COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 1913. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1912.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 227 U.S. 8
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
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 conservative.