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WARNER-JENKINSON COMPANY, INC., et al. v. HILTON DAVIS CHEMICAL CO. (1997)

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WARNER-JENKINSON COMPANY, INC., et al. v. HILTON DAVIS CHEMICAL CO.
Term: 1996
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 1996
Decided: March 3, 1997
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy

WARNER-JENKINSON COMPANY, INC., et al. v. HILTON DAVIS CHEMICAL CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1997. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1996.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 520 U.S. 17
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Clarence Thomas

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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