Kingsland, Commissioner Of Patents, V. Dorsey (1949)

KINGSLAND, COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS, v. DORSEY
	Term: 1949
Important Dates
	Argued: October 18, 1949
	Decided: November 21, 1949
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	6-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson

KINGSLAND, COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS, v. DORSEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 21, 1949. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1949.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District of Columbia District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case[edit]

Subject matter: Attorneys - Admission to a state or federal bar, disbarment, and attorney discipline (cf. loyalty oath: bar applicants)
Petitioner: Patent Office, or Commissioner of, or Board of Appeals of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 338 U.S. 318
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.