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Shepherd v. Maxwell, 1966 | Physician convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife Infamous case that receivedintense publicity across the nation |
Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia, 1980 | John Stevenson indicted for murder in Virginia Series of reversals, mistrials in case trial closed to the public and the media.Supreme Court held that the right to attend criminal trials was "implicit in the guarantees of the First Amendment" |
Estes v. Texas, 1965 | High-profile case generatedextensive national press coverage.Estes went to prison. 14th Amendment due process rights had been violated by publicity associated with pretrial hearing, carried live on TV and radio |
Jacobellis v. Ohio, 1964 | United States Supreme Court decision handed down in 1964 involving whether the state of Ohio could, consistent with the First Amendment, ban the showing of a French film called The Lovers (Les Amants) which the state had deemed obscene. |
New York v. Ferber, 1982 | Paul Ferber and Tim Quinn owned an adult bookstore in Manhattan Sold two films to an undercover police officer depicting boys in sexual situationsSupreme Court found that child pornography may be banned without first being deemed obscene under Miller |
Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures, 1998 | Annie Liebovitz and The Naked Gun. Liebovitz sued for copyright infringement. Court found the ad was a parody |
Basic Books v. Kinko's Graphics, 1991 | Kinko’s copied excerpts of books and sold them as course packets to college students without authorization from the books' publishers |
Harper & Row Publishers v. Nation Enterprises, 1985 | In 1977, former President Gerald Ford contracted with Harper & Row to publish his memoir H&R negotiated a pre-publicationdeal with Time to print excerpt.The Supreme Court said The Nation’suse of verbatim excerpts was not afair use |
Valentine v. Chrestensen, 1942 | Dispute over littering on the New York waterfront.the streets are proper places for the exercise of the freedom of communicating information and disseminating opinion. |
Bigelow v. Virginia, 1974 | Jeff Bigelow, a newspaper editor in Virginia, published an ad for an abortion referral service in New York (where abortion was legal). Court ruled that the ads contained a matter of significant public interest, it merited First Amendment protection |
Rubin v. Coors Brewing Co., 1995 | Federal law prohibited beer labels from displaying alcohol content |
Lorillard Tobacco v. Reilly, 2001 | Massachusetts enacted regulations restricting tobacco ads and sales practices to stop recruitment of children as new customers |
Pizza Hut v. Papa John's International, 2001 | Claim of false advertising under theLanham Act allegedly committed by Papa John's when it claimed "Better Ingredients. Better Pizza.” |
FTC v. Garvey, 2004 | Steve Garvey, former first basemanfor the Los Angeles Dodgers Hired by Media Interactive |
Red Lion Broadcasting v. FTC, 1969 | Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Fairness Doctrinein a case of an on-air personal attack. |
FTC v. Cooga Mooga and Charles E. Boone, 1978 | Singer and actor Pat Boone endorsed Acne-Statin |
CBS v. FCC, 1981 | Carter-Mondale presidentialcampaign wanted to buy 30minutes of time on three majornetworks: |
Reno v. ACLU, 1997 | the American Civil Liberties Union challenged the “indecent transmission” and “patently offensive display” provisions of the US Communications Decency Act.These provisions made it a crime to send offensive Internet material to persons under age eighteen. |
FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, 1978 | Landmark Supreme Court decisionthat defined the power of the FCC overindecent material as applied tobroadcasting In 1973, a father complained to FCC that hisson had heard the George Carlin routine "Filthy Words" broadcast on FM radio station in NYC |
Ballen v. City of Redmond, 2006 | Dispute between Blazing Bagels' use of outdoor ads and the City of Redmond's commercial signage ordinance. Appeals court uses 4-part test to make ruling |
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