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UNITED STATES et al. v. SOUTHWESTERN CABLE CO. et al.

Term: 1967
Important Dates
Argued: March 12, 1968
Decided: June 10, 1968
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
Byron White

UNITED STATES et al. v. SOUTHWESTERN CABLE CO. et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1968. The case was argued before the court on March 12, 1968.

In a 7-0 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 U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulation of public utilities regulation: cable television (cf. radio and television)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: cable TV
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 392 U.S. 157
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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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External links

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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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