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RADOVICH v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE et al. (1957)

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RADOVICH v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE et al.
Term: 1956
Important Dates
Argued: January 17, 1957
Decided: February 25, 1957
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren
Dissenting
William Brennan • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II

RADOVICH v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1957. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1957.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern 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 Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
  • Petitioner: Professional organization, business, or person
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Professional organization, business, or person
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 352 U.S. 445
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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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