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COX BROADCASTING CORP. et al. v. COHN (1975)

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COX BROADCASTING CORP. et al. v. COHN
Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: November 11, 1974
Decided: March 3, 1975
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger • William Douglas • Lewis Powell
Dissenting
William Rehnquist

COX BROADCASTING CORP. et al. v. COHN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1975. The case was argued before the court on November 11, 1974.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Libel, privacy: true and false light invasions of privacy
  • Petitioner: Television station
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Juvenile
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 420 U.S. 469
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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