PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al. v. JEROME, JUDGE (1978) - Ballotpedia

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PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al. v. JEROME, JUDGE

Term: 1977
Important Dates
Decided: January 9, 1978
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens

PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al. v. JEROME, JUDGE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 1978.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: adequate non-federal grounds for decision
Petitioner: Journalist, columnist, member of the news media
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Judge
Respondent state: Pennsylvania
Citation: 434 U.S. 241
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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External links

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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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