NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1942)

NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
	Term: 1941
Important Dates
	Argued: April 30, 1942
	Decided: June 1, 1942
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	James Byrnes • Robert Jackson • Frank Murphy • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
	William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Stanley Reed

NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC., et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1942. The case was argued before the court on April 30, 1942.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: radio and television (cf. cable television)
Petitioner: Radio station
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 316 U.S. 447
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 conservative.