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ROSENBLOOM v. METROMEDIA, INC.

Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1970
Decided: June 7, 1971
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Judgment of the court
William Brennan
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger
Concurring
Hugo Black • Byron White
Dissenting
John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

ROSENBLOOM v. METROMEDIA, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1971. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1970.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Libel, defamation: defamation of public officials and public and private persons
Petitioner: Bookstore, newsstand, printer, bindery, purveyor or distributor of books or magazines
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Radio station
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 403 U.S. 29
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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