NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1943)

NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.
	Term: 1942
Important Dates
	Argued: February 10, 1943
	Decided: May 10, 1943
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-2
Majority
	William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
	Frank Murphy • Owen Josephus Roberts

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 May 10, 1943. The case was argued before the court on February 10, 1943.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. 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 and television network, except cable tv
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 319 U.S. 190
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: Felix Frankfurter

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.