FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA et al. (1984)

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA et al.
	Term: 1983
Important Dates
	Argued: January 16, 1984
	Decided: July 2, 1984
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell
Dissenting
	Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 2, 1984. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1984.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 468 U.S. 364
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: William Brennan

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.