FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. MIDWEST VIDEO CORPORATION et al. (1979)

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. MIDWEST VIDEO CORPORATION et al.
	Term: 1978
Important Dates
	Argued: January 10, 1979
	Decided: April 2, 1979
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. MIDWEST VIDEO CORPORATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 2, 1979. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1979.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: cable television (cf. radio and television)
Petitioner: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: cable TV
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 440 U.S. 689
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: 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 conservative.