CITY OF NEWPORT et al. v. FACT CONCERTS, INC., et al. (1981)

CITY OF NEWPORT et al. v. FACT CONCERTS, INC., et al.
	Term: 1980
Important Dates
	Argued: March 31, 1981
	Decided: June 26, 1981
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

CITY OF NEWPORT et al. v. FACT CONCERTS, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1981. The case was argued before the court on March 31, 1981.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Rhode Island U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Rhode Island
Respondent type: Holder of a license or permit, or applicant therefor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 453 U.S. 247
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: Harry Blackmun

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.