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JOHN E. THROPP'S SONS COMPANY v. SEIBERLING (1924)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
JOHN E. THROPP'S SONS COMPANY v. SEIBERLING
Term: 1923
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1924
Decided: April 7, 1924
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz BrandeisPierce ButlerOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaJames Clark McReynoldsEdward Terry SanfordGeorge SutherlandWilliam Howard TaftWillis Van Devanter

JOHN E. THROPP'S SONS COMPANY v. SEIBERLING is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7, 1924. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1924.

In a 9-0 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 New Jersey U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
  • Petitioner: Manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 264 U.S. 320
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft

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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