FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. WOKO, INC. (1946)

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. WOKO, INC.
	Term: 1946
Important Dates
	Argued: November 22, 1946
	Decided: December 9, 1946
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. WOKO, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1946. The case was argued before the court on November 22, 1946.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. 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: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Radio station
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 329 U.S. 223
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Robert Jackson

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.