COMMUNITY TELEVISION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA v. GOTTFRIED et al. (1983)

COMMUNITY TELEVISION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA v. GOTTFRIED et al.
	Term: 1982
Important Dates
	Argued: October 12, 1982
	Decided: February 22, 1983
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

COMMUNITY TELEVISION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA v. GOTTFRIED et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1983. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1982.

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: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: radio and television (cf. cable television)
Petitioner: Television station
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Handicapped individual, or organization of devoted to
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 459 U.S. 498
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: John Paul Stevens

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.