SANGAMON VALLEY TELEVISION CORP. v. UNITED STATES et al. (1958)

SANGAMON VALLEY TELEVISION CORP. v. UNITED STATES et al.
	Term: 1958
Important Dates
	Decided: October 20, 1958
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
	Tom Clark • John Harlan II

SANGAMON VALLEY TELEVISION CORP. v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 20, 1958.

In a 7-2 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 U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Corruption, governmental or governmental regulation of other than as in campaign spending
Petitioner: Television station
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 358 U.S. 49
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.