COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., et al. v. LOEW'S INC. et al. (1958) - Ballotpedia

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COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., et al. v. LOEW'S INC. et al.

Term: 1957
Important Dates
Argued: January 29, 1958
Decided: March 17, 1958
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-4
Equally divided vote
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker

COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., et al. v. LOEW'S INC. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 17, 1958. The case was argued before the court on January 29, 1958.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: copyright
Petitioner: Radio and television network, except cable tv
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Author, copyright holder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 356 U.S. 43
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

See also

External links

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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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