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Abstract

Argument: Monday, October 16, 1972
Decision: Tuesday, May 29, 1973
Issues: First Amendment, Miscellaneous

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 7 votes for Columbia Broadcasting, 2 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
Wrote a special concurrence
Douglas
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Marshall
Wrote a regular concurrence
Stewart
Wrote a regular concurrence
White
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's concurrence
Powell
Wrote a regular concurrence
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Burger
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger

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The Oyez Project, Columbia Broadcasting v. Democratic Comm., 412 U.S. 94 (1973),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_71_863/>
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