YALE LOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. JAMES (1888)

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YALE LOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. JAMES
Term: 1887
Important Dates
Argued: February 3, 1888
Decided: April 9, 1888
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman Miller

YALE LOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. JAMES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1888. The case was argued before the court on February 3, 1888.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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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: Postal Service and Post Office, or Postmaster General, or Postmaster
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 125 U.S. 447
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • 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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