CANTRELL et al. v. FOREST CITY PUBLISHING CO. et al. (1974)

CANTRELL et al. v. FOREST CITY PUBLISHING CO. et al.
	Term: 1974
Important Dates
	Argued: November 13, 1974
	Decided: December 18, 1974
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Douglas

CANTRELL et al. v. FOREST CITY PUBLISHING CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 18, 1974. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1974.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Libel, privacy: true and false light invasions of privacy
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 419 U.S. 245
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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.