CBS, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al. (1981)

CBS, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al.
	Term: 1980
Important Dates
	Argued: March 3, 1981
	Decided: July 1, 1981
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
	William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

CBS, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 1, 1981. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1981.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: radio and television (cf. cable television)
Petitioner: Radio and television network, except cable tv
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 453 U.S. 367
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: Warren Burger

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.