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DE LA VERGNE REFRIGERATING MACHINE COMPANY v. FEATHERSTONE (1893)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
DE LA VERGNE REFRIGERATING MACHINE COMPANY v. FEATHERSTONE
Term: 1892
Important Dates
Argued: November 16, 1892
Decided: January 9, 1893
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordDavid Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarGeorge Shiras

DE LA VERGNE REFRIGERATING MACHINE COMPANY v. FEATHERSTONE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 1893. The case was argued before the court on November 16, 1892.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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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: 147 U.S. 209
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.

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