Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker
329 U.S. 1 · Decided November 18, 1946 · Supreme Court of the United States
At a glance
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker was decided on November 18, 1946 by a vote of 8–1. The Court reversed the lower court's decision. Justice Hugo L. Black wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Patents” in the Economic Activity area. SCDB codes this decision as formally altering one or more of the Court's own precedents.
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Case details
- Citations
- 329 U.S. 1 · 67 S. Ct. 6 · 91 L. Ed. 3 · 1946 U.S. LEXIS 1724
- Docket number
- 24
- Decided
- November 18, 1946
- Argued
- January 9, 1946
- Reargued
- October 23, 1946
- Court era
- Vinson Court
- Decision type
- Opinion of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 8–1
- Majority opinion
- Hugo L. Black
- Opinion assigned by
- Hugo L. Black
- How the case arrived
- Rehearing or restored to calendar for reargument
- Issue (SCDB)
- Patents
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Legal provision
- 35 U.S.C. § 33
- Type of law
- Infrequently litigated statute
- Altered precedent
- Yes — formally altered the Court's precedent
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Liberal what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Hugo L. Black | Majority | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Stanley F. Reed | Majority | |
| Justice Felix Frankfurter | Special concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice William O. Douglas | Majority | |
| Justice Frank Murphy | Majority | |
| Justice Robert H. Jackson | Majority | |
| Justice Wiley B. Rutledge | Majority | |
| Justice Harold H. Burton | Dissent | |
| Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
Full case caption
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker et Al., Doing Business as Depthograph Co.
SCDB identifiers: case 1946-001, docket 1946-001-01.
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