CITY OF NEW YORK et al. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al. (1988)

CITY OF NEW YORK et al. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al.
	Term: 1987
Important Dates
	Argued: March 29, 1988
	Decided: May 16, 1988
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

CITY OF NEW YORK et al. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1988. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1988.

In a 9-0 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: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: New York
Respondent type: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 486 U.S. 57
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: Byron White

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.