ASSOCIATED PRESS et al. v. UNITED STATES (1945)

ASSOCIATED PRESS et al. v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1944
Important Dates
	Argued: December 5, 1944
	Decided: June 18, 1945
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Hugo Black • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge
Concurring
	William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
	Frank Murphy • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone

ASSOCIATED PRESS et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 18, 1945. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1944.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 326 U.S. 1
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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 liberal.