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PITTSBURGH PRESS CO. v. PITTSBURGH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS et al. (1973)

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PITTSBURGH PRESS CO. v. PITTSBURGH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS et al.
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: March 20, 1973
Decided: June 21, 1973
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Douglas • Potter Stewart

PITTSBURGH PRESS CO. v. PITTSBURGH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1973. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1973.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Commercial speech, excluding attorneys
  • Petitioner: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Pennsylvania
  • Citation: 413 U.S. 376
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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