MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE CO. v. MINNESOTA COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE (1983) - Ballotpedia

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MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE CO. v. MINNESOTA COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE

Term: 1982
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1983
Decided: March 29, 1983
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Byron White
Dissenting
William Rehnquist

MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE CO. v. MINNESOTA COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 29, 1983. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1983.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota 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: State
Respondent state: Minnesota
Citation: 460 U.S. 575
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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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