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Case Study of: Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
The rule of law is that the First Amendment allows no protection for withholding confidentially received information from a grand jury.
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Case Study of: Am. Broad. Cos. v. Aereo, Inc., 573 U.S. ___ (2014)
The rule of law is that when an entity communicates the same perceptible images and sounds to multiple people at the same…
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Case Study of: Matal, Interim Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Tam 582 US _ (2017)
The rule of law is that it is unconstitutional under the First Amendment to deny the registration of a name as a…
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Case Study of: Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn, 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
The rule of law is that it is unconstitutional under the First Amendment to criminalize the press to release the name of…
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Case Study of: Papish v. Board of Curators of the University of Missouri 410 U.S. 667 (1973)
The rule of law is that since the First Amendment leaves no room for the operation of a dual standard in the…
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Case Study of: New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
The rule of law in claims of defamation or libel states that the First Amendment requires “actual malice,” meaning that it requires…
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Case Study of: Snyder v. Phelps, 562 U.S. 443 (2011)
The rule of law is that the plaintiffs cannot recover for the tort of emotional distress based on picketing at military funerals…
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Case Study of: Doe v. University of Michigan, 721 F. Supp. 852 (E.D. Mich. 1989)
The rule of law is that the First Amendment overrides the University of Michigan’s Policy on Hate Speech because it was too…
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Cast Study of: Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of N. Y. State Crime Victims Bd., 502 U.S. 105 (1991)
The rule of law is that the First Amendment overrides New York’s “Son of Sam” law’s interest in singling out speech on…
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Case Study of: New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
The rule of law is that “The First Amendment overrides the federal government’s interest in keeping certain documents, such as the Pentagon…
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