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CAWOOD PATENT.; ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. TURRILL (1877)

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CAWOOD PATENT.; ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. TURRILL |
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Term: 1876 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 28, 1877 |
Decided: April 23, 1877 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
6-2 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Morrison Waite |
Dissenting |
Stephen Johnson Field • Noah Haynes Swayne |
CAWOOD PATENT.; ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. TURRILL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 23, 1877. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1877.
In a 6-2 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 Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
- Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Defendant
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 94 U.S. 695
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Strong
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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