Continental Television, Inc. v. GTE Sylvania, Inc.

Continental Television v. GTE Sylvania
Argued February 28, 1977
Decided June 23, 1977
Full case nameContinental Television, Inc., et al. v. GTE Sylvania Inc.
Citations433 U.S. 36 (more)
97 S. Ct. 2549; 53 L. Ed. 2d 568; 1977 U.S. LEXIS 134; 1977-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) ΒΆ 61,488
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
MajorityPowell, joined by Burger, Stewart, Blackmun, Stevens
ConcurrenceWhite
DissentBrennan, joined by Marshall
Rehnquist took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Continental Television v. GTE Sylvania, 433 U.S. 36 (1977), was an antitrust decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It widened the scope of the "rule of reason" to exclude the jurisdiction of antitrust laws.