SOUTHEASTERN PROMOTIONS, LTD. v. CONRAD et al. (1975) - Ballotpedia

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SOUTHEASTERN PROMOTIONS, LTD. v. CONRAD et al.

Term: 1974
Important Dates
Argued: October 17, 1974
Decided: March 18, 1975
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart
Concurring
William Douglas
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • Byron White

SOUTHEASTERN PROMOTIONS, LTD. v. CONRAD et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 18, 1975. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1974.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Movie, play, pictorial representation, theatrical production, actor, or exhibitor or distributor of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Tennessee
Citation: 420 U.S. 546
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: Harry Blackmun

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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