1980 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Metromedia, Inc., et al. v. City of San Diego, et al.
453 U.S. 490 · 101 S. Ct. 2882 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 50
The record
- Term
- 1980
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 80-195
- U.S. Reports
- 453 U.S. 490
- S. Ct. citation
- 101 S. Ct. 2882
- LEXIS citation
- 1981 U.S. LEXIS 50
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDDD
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| Byron White | Judgment of the Court |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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