FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSION v. NELSON BROTHERS BOND & MORTGAGE CO. (STATION WIBO) (1933)

FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSION v. NELSON BROTHERS BOND & MORTGAGE CO. (STATION WIBO)
	Term: 1932
Important Dates
	Argued: April 11, 1933
	Decided: May 8, 1933
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSION v. NELSON BROTHERS BOND & MORTGAGE CO. (STATION WIBO) is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 8, 1933. The case was argued before the court on April 11, 1933.

In a 9-0 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: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Radio station
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 289 U.S. 266
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Charles Evans Hughes

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.