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CITY OF LAKEWOOD v. PLAIN DEALER PUBLISHING CO.

Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: November 4, 1987
Decided: June 17, 1988
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

CITY OF LAKEWOOD v. PLAIN DEALER PUBLISHING CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 1988. The case was argued before the court on November 4, 1987.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Ohio
Respondent type: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 486 U.S. 750
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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