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UNITED STATES v. GREATER BUFFALO PRESS, INC., et al. (1971)

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UNITED STATES v. GREATER BUFFALO PRESS, INC., et al.
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: April 19, 1971
Decided: June 1, 1971
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo BlackHarry BlackmunWilliam BrennanWarren BurgerWilliam DouglasJohn Harlan IIThurgood MarshallPotter StewartByron White

UNITED STATES v. GREATER BUFFALO PRESS, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 1, 1971. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1971.

In a 9-0 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 New York Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Mergers
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bookstore, newsstand, printer, bindery, purveyor or distributor of books or magazines
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 402 U.S. 549
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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