METRO BROADCASTING, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al. (1990)

METRO BROADCASTING, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al.
	Term: 1989
Important Dates
	Argued: March 28, 1990
	Decided: June 27, 1990
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Byron White
Concurring
	John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia

METRO BROADCASTING, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1990. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1990.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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: Civil Rights - Affirmative action
Petitioner: Television station
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 497 U.S. 547
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: 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.