SABLE COMMUNICATIONS OF CALIFORNIA, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al. (1989)

SABLE COMMUNICATIONS OF CALIFORNIA, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al.
	Term: 1988
Important Dates
	Argued: April 19, 1989
	Decided: June 23, 1989
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

SABLE COMMUNICATIONS OF CALIFORNIA, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 23, 1989. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1989.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Obscenity, federal
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 492 U.S. 115
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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.