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FORTNIGHTLY CORP. v. UNITED ARTISTS TELEVISION, INC. (1968)

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FORTNIGHTLY CORP. v. UNITED ARTISTS TELEVISION, INC.
Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: March 13, 1968
Decided: June 17, 1968
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-1
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
Abe Fortas

FORTNIGHTLY CORP. v. UNITED ARTISTS TELEVISION, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 1968. The case was argued before the court on March 13, 1968.

In a 5-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: copyright
  • Petitioner: cable TV
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Television station
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 392 U.S. 390
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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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