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ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v. MEDTRONIC, INC. (1990)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v. MEDTRONIC, INC.
Term: 1989
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 1990
Decided: June 18, 1990
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • Byron White

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY v. MEDTRONIC, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 18, 1990. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1990.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Drug manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Drug manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 496 U.S. 661
  • 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: Antonin Scalia

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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