PRESS-ENTERPRISE CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE COUNTY (1984)

PRESS-ENTERPRISE CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE COUNTY
	Term: 1983
Important Dates
	Argued: October 12, 1983
	Decided: January 18, 1984
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	William Brennan • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

PRESS-ENTERPRISE CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1984. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1983.

In a 9-0 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 California State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: California
Citation: 464 U.S. 501
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: Warren Burger

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.