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LAWRENCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. JANESVILLE COTTON MILLS

Term: 1890
Important Dates
Argued: December 2, 1890
Decided: March 2, 1891
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

LAWRENCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. JANESVILLE COTTON MILLS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1891. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 1890.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

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.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Defendant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 138 U.S. 552
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: 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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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