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WOLSTON v. READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC., et al.

Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: April 17, 1979
Decided: June 26, 1979
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall
Dissenting
William Brennan

WOLSTON v. READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC., et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1979. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 1979.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Libel, defamation: defamation of public officials and public and private persons
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Publisher, publishing company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 443 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: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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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