SCRIPPS-HOWARD RADIO, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (1942)

SCRIPPS-HOWARD RADIO, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
	Term: 1941
Important Dates
	Argued: March 3, 1942
	Decided: April 6, 1942
Outcome
	Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
	6-2
Majority
	James Byrnes • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
	William Douglas • Frank Murphy

SCRIPPS-HOWARD RADIO, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1942. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1942.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. 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: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: Radio station
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 316 U.S. 4
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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.