JAMES STEPHENS, APPELLANT, v. ISAAC H. CADY (1853)

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JAMES STEPHENS, APPELLANT, v. ISAAC H. CADY
Term: 1852
Important Dates
Decided: February 23, 1853
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
John CatronBenjamin Robbins CurtisPeter Vivian DanielRobert Cooper GrierJohn McLeanSamuel NelsonRoger Brooke TaneyJames Moore Wayne

JAMES STEPHENS, APPELLANT, v. ISAAC H. CADY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1853.

In an 8-0 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 Rhode Island U.S. Circuit for the District of Rhode Island.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: copyright
  • Petitioner: Author, copyright holder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Publisher, publishing company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 55 U.S. 528
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Nelson

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.

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