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Dawson Chemical Co. v. Rohm & Haas Co.

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Dawson Chemical Co. v. Rohm & Haas Co. - Oral Argument
Expanded View
Advocates
Ned L. Conley (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Eugene L. Bernard (as amici curiae)
Rudolf E. Hutz (on behalf of the Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
79-669
Petitioner: 
Dawson Chemical Co.
Respondent: 
Rohm & Haas Co.
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
448 U.S. 176 (1980)
Argued: 
Monday, April 21, 1980
Decided: 
Friday, June 27, 1980
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Patents

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The Oyez Project, Dawson Chemical Co. v. Rohm & Haas Co. , 448 U.S. 176 (1980)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_79_669)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Rohm & Haas Co., 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 35 U.S.C. 271

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Wrote a dissent
White
Voted with the minority, joined White's dissent
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote a dissent, joined White's dissent
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun