YALE LOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. BERKSHIRE NATIONAL BANK. (1890)

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YALE LOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. BERKSHIRE NATIONAL BANK.
Term: 1889
Important Dates
Argued: April 11, 1890
Decided: May 5, 1890
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyDavid Josiah BrewerStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarSamuel Freeman Miller

YALE LOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. BERKSHIRE NATIONAL BANK. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 1890. The case was argued before the court on April 11, 1890.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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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: 135 U.S. 342
  • 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: Samuel Blatchford

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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