CITY OF COLUMBIA et al. v. OMNI OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC. (1991)

CITY OF COLUMBIA et al. v. OMNI OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC.
	Term: 1990
Important Dates
	Argued: November 28, 1990
	Decided: April 1, 1991
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter
Dissenting
	Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

CITY OF COLUMBIA et al. v. OMNI OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 1, 1991. The case was argued before the court on November 28, 1990.

In a 6-3 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 South Carolina U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: South Carolina
Respondent type: Advertising business or agency
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 499 U.S. 365
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

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.