UNITED STATES, et al. v. PLAYBOY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. (2000)

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UNITED STATES, et al. v. PLAYBOY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
Term: 1999
Important Dates
Argued: November 30, 1999
Decided: May 22, 2000
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter
Concurring
John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia

UNITED STATES, et al. v. PLAYBOY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 22, 2000. The case was argued before the court on November 30, 1999.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Delaware U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: cable TV
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 529 U.S. 803
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Anthony Kennedy

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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