Capital Broadcasting Co. v. Acting Attorney General

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 27, 1972

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1972-03-27

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Decided 1972-03-27

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Cited by 55 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2011 · most notably Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. (1976), Bates v. State Bar of Arizona (1977)

20 federal appellate · 9 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

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¶1Appeal from D. C. D. C. Motion of John F. Banzhaf III et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae and to dispense with printing granted. Judgment affirmed.

Mr. Justice Douglas and Mr. Justice Brennan are of the opinion that probable jurisdiction should be noted. Mr. Justice Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion or appeal.