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 | |
Court membership | |
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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 |
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.
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