ST. LOUIS POSTER ADVERTISING COMPANY v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS et al. (1919) - Ballotpedia

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ST. LOUIS POSTER ADVERTISING COMPANY v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS et al.

Term: 1918
Important Dates
Argued: March 12, 1919
Decided: March 24, 1919
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

ST. LOUIS POSTER ADVERTISING COMPANY v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 1919. The case was argued before the court on March 12, 1919.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Commercial speech, excluding attorneys
Petitioner: Advertising business or agency
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 249 U.S. 269
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.

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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