SAXBE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. v. WASHINGTON POST CO. et al. (1974)

SAXBE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. v. WASHINGTON POST CO. et al.
	Term: 1973
Important Dates
	Argued: April 17, 1974
	Decided: June 24, 1974
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell

SAXBE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. v. WASHINGTON POST CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1974. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 1974.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: attorney general of the United States, or his office
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 417 U.S. 843
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: Potter Stewart

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.