Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations
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Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations, 413 U.S. 376 (1973), is a 1973 decision of the United States Supreme Court which upheld an ordinance enacted in Pittsburgh that forbids sex-designated classified advertising for job opportunities, against a claim by the parent company of the Pittsburgh Press that the ordinance violated its First Amendment rights.
Quick Facts Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations, Argued March 20, 1973 Decided June 21, 1973 ...
Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations | |
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Argued March 20, 1973 Decided June 21, 1973 | |
Full case name | Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations |
Citations | 413 U.S. 376 (more) 93 S. Ct. 2553; 37 L. Ed. 2d 669 |
Case history | |
Prior | Pittsburgh Press Emp't Adver. Discrimination Appeal, 4 Pa. Commw. 448, 287 A.2d 161 (Commw. Ct. 1972) |
Subsequent | Rehearing denied, 414 U.S. 881 (1973). |
Holding | |
A Pittsburgh ordinance, as construed to forbid newspapers to carry sex-designated advertising columns for nonexempt job opportunities, does not violate petitioner's First Amendment rights | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Powell, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Rehnquist, White |
Dissent | Burger |
Dissent | Douglas |
Dissent | Stewart, joined by Douglas |
Dissent | Blackmun |
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