City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc.

Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc.

Argued November 9, 1992
Decided March 24, 1993
Full case name City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network
Citations

507 U.S. 410 (more)

Argument Oral argument
Opinion announcement Opinion announcement
Holding
A ban by the city of Cincinnati on the distribution of commercial material via news racks violated the First Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
Byron White · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority Stevens, joined by Blackmun, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Souter
Concurrence Blackmun
Dissent Rehnquist, joined by White and Thomas

Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc., 507 U.S. 410 (1993), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a ban by the city of Cincinnati on the distribution of commercial material via news racks violated the First Amendment.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc., Opinion United States Supreme Court, "Cincinnati's categorical ban on the distribution, via newsrack, of 'commercial handbills' cannot be squared with the dictates of the First Amendment."


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