Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.
Decided June 17, 1968. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 618 · 392 U.S. 390 (1968) · Cited 142 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–1.
Majority · 5
- Potter Stewart · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Byron Raymond White
- Earl Warren
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Dissenting · 1
- Abe Fortas · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co. · 283 U.S. 191 (1931)
- White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co. · 209 U.S. 1 (1908)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC CORP. Et Al. v. AIKEN · 422 U.S. 151 (1975)
- Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. · 464 U.S. 417 (1984)
- United States v. Midwest Video Corp. · 406 U.S. 649 (1972)
- Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp · 467 U.S. 691 (1984)
- West v. Gibson · 527 U.S. 212 (1999)
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