Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations

Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations
Supreme Court of the United States
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
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority	Powell, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Rehnquist, White
Dissent	Burger
Dissent	Douglas
Dissent	Stewart, joined by Douglas
Dissent	Blackmun

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.