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WHITE-SMITH MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY v. APOLLO COMPANY (1908)

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WHITE-SMITH MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY v. APOLLO COMPANY |
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Term: 1907 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 16, 1908 |
Decided: February 24, 1908 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • William Rufus Day • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • William Henry Moody • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White |
Concurring |
Oliver Wendell Holmes |
WHITE-SMITH MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY v. APOLLO COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1908. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1908.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: copyright
- Petitioner: Publisher, publishing company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Seller or vendor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 209 U.S. 1
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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