COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1942) - Ballotpedia

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COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Term: 1941
Important Dates
Argued: May 1, 1942
Decided: June 1, 1942
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
James Byrnes • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Stanley Reed

COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1942. The case was argued before the court on May 1, 1942.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: radio and television (cf. cable television)
Petitioner: Radio and television network, except cable tv
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 316 U.S. 407
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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

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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