WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. WAGNER ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY (1912)

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. WAGNER ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
	Term: 1911
Important Dates
	Argued: March 1, 1912
	Decided: June 7, 1912
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. WAGNER ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1912. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1912.

In an 8-0 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 Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Electric equipment manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 225 U.S. 604
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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 Rucker Lamar

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.