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HARTE-HANKS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. CONNAUGHTON

Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: March 20, 1989
Decided: June 22, 1989
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White

HARTE-HANKS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. CONNAUGHTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1989. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1989.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Libel, defamation: defamation of public officials and public and private persons
Petitioner: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 491 U.S. 657
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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.

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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