GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK (1982) - Ballotpedia

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GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK

Term: 1981
Important Dates
Argued: March 29, 1982
Decided: June 23, 1982
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Byron White
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens

GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1982. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1982.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: Massachusetts
Citation: 457 U.S. 596
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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