Legal Opinion

Butterworth v. United States Ex Rel. Hoe

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 3, 1884PublishedCited by 162 opinions

IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews

This is a writ of error prosecuted for the purpose of reviewing and reversing the judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, awarding a peremptory mandamus commanding the plaintiff in error, the Commissioner of Patents, to receive the final fee of $20 tendered by the relators, and cause letters patent of the United States to E. Hoe & Co., as assignees of Gill, to be prepared and sealed, according to law, for a certain invention therein particularly described, and to be presented to the Secretary of the Interior for bis signature.

The facts upon which the controversy arises are…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lytle v. the State of ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
  2. Commissioner of Patents v. WhiteleySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  3. Barnard's Heirs v. ASHLEY'S HEIRSSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
  4. Magwire v. TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
  5. Snyder v. SicklesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878

3Cited by162 opinions

  1. Palmore v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Noble v. Union River Logging RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. Radio Corp. of America v. Radio Engineering Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. Ex Parte Bakelite Corp'n.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
  5. O'Donoghue v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933

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