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Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Human Rel. Comm'n

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
72-419
Petitioner: 
Pittsburgh Press Co.
Respondent: 
Human Rel. Comm'n
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
413 U.S. 376 (1973)
Argued: 
Tuesday, March 20, 1973
Decided: 
Thursday, June 21, 1973
Issues: 
First Amendment, Commercial Speech
Categories: 
freedom of the press, freedom of speech, first amendment, employment
Location No location information present.

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The Oyez Project, Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Human Rel. Comm'n , 413 U.S. 376 (1973)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_72_419)
(last visited Friday, March 19, 2010).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Human Rel. Comm'n, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly

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Wrote a dissent
Burger
Wrote a dissent, joined Stewart's dissent
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote a dissent
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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