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POLIZZI v. COWLES MAGAZINES, INC. (1953)

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POLIZZI v. COWLES MAGAZINES, INC.
Term: 1952
Important Dates
Argued: March 10, 1953
Decided: June 1, 1953
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
Tom Clark • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Robert Jackson

POLIZZI v. COWLES MAGAZINES, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1953. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1953.

In a 7-0 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 Florida Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Venue
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Magazine
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 345 U.S. 663
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Sherman Minton

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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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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