COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. v. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (1973)

COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. v. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
	Term: 1972
Important Dates
	Argued: October 16, 1972
	Decided: May 29, 1973
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Warren Burger • William Rehnquist
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun • William Douglas • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. v. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1973. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1972.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Radio and television network, except cable tv
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 412 U.S. 94
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: Warren Burger

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.