MISSISSIPPI PUBLISHING CORP. v. MURPHREE (1946) - Ballotpedia

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MISSISSIPPI PUBLISHING CORP. v. MURPHREE

Term: 1945
Important Dates
Argued: December 12, 1945
Decided: January 2, 1946
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Harlan Fiske Stone

MISSISSIPPI PUBLISHING CORP. v. MURPHREE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 2, 1946. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1945.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Venue
Petitioner: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 326 U.S. 438
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

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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