Landmark Free Speech Decisions (by name)
Abrams v. United States
(1919)
Alexander v. United States
(1993)
American Booksellers Association v. Hudnut
(1985)
Basic Books Inc v. Kinko's Graphics Corp.
(1991)
Bates v. State Bar of Arizona
(1977)
Beauharnais v. Illinois
(1952)
Bigelow v. Virginia
(1975)
Board of Trustees of the State University of New York v. Fox
(1989)
Brandenburg v. Ohio
(1969)
Branzburg v. Hayes
(1972)
Burstyn v. Wilson
(1952)
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music
(1994)
CBS v. FCC
(1981)
Central Hudson Gas and Electric v. Public Service Commission
(1980)
Chandler v. Florida
(1981)
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
(1942)
Cohen v. California
(1971)
Cox Broadcasting v. Cohn
(1975)
Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts
(1967)
DeJonge v. Oregon
(1937)
Dennis v. United States
(1951)
Dietemann v. Time
(9th Cir. 1971)
Doe v. Michigan
(1989)
Epperson v. Arkansas
(1968)
FCC v. Pacifica Foundation
(1978)
Feiner v. New York
(1951)
Fiske v. Kansas
(1927)
Florida Star v. B.J.F.
(1989)
Freedman v. Maryland
(1965)
Gallela v. Onassis
(2nd Cir. 1973)
Gannett Company v. DePasquale
(1979)
Gertz v. Welch
(1974)
Ginzburg v. United States
(1966)
Gitlow v. New York
(1925)
Gooding v. Wilson
(1971)
Grayned v. Rockford
(1972)
Hague v. CIO
(1939)
Harper and Row Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises
(1985)
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
(1988)
Hustler v. Falwell
(1988)
Irvin v. Dowd
(1961)
Island Trees Union Free School District v. Pico
(1982)
Jamison v. Texas
(1943)
Keyishian v. Board of Regents
(1967)
Kingsley International Pictures v. Regents
(1959)
Lovell v. Griffin
(1938)
Masson v. New Yorker Magazine
(1991)
Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo
(1974)
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal
(1990)
Miller v. California
(1973)
National Broadcasting v. United States
(1943)
Near v. Minnesota
(1931)
Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart
(1976)
New York Times v. Sullivan
(1964)
New York Times v. United States
(1971)
New York v. Ferber
(1982)
Paris Adult Theatre I. v. Slaton
(1973)
Parker v. Levy
(1974)
Pell v. Procunier
(1974)
Perry Education Association v. Perry Local Educators' Association
(1983)
Philadelphia Newspapers v. Hepps
(1986)
Pickering v. Board of Education
(1968)
Posadas de Puerto Rico Associates v. Tourism Company of Puerto Rico
(1986)
Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court (I)
(1984)
Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court (II)
(1986)
Procunier v. Martinez
(1974)
R.A.V. v. St. Paul
(1992)
Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC
(1969)
Reno v. ACLU
(1997)
Rice v. Paladin Enterprises
(4th Cir. 1997)
Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia
(1980)
Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
(1995)
Rosenbloom v. Metromedia
(1971)
Roth v. United States
(1957)
Salinger v. Random House, Inc.
(2nd Cir. 1987)
Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York
(1996)
Schenck v. United States
(1919)
Sheppard v. Maxwell
(1966)
Stanley v. Georgia
(1969)
Terminiello v. Chicago
(1949)
Texas v. Johnson
(1989)
Time v. Hill
(1967)
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
(1969)
Turner Broadcasting v. FCC
(1997)
United States v. O'Brien
(1968)
United States v. Progressive
(7th Cir. 1979)
Valentine v. Chrestensen
(1942)
Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council
(1976)
Wheaton v. Peters
(1834)
Whitney v. California
(1927)
Wisconsin v. Mitchell
(1993)
Yates v. United States
(1957)
Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting
(1977)
Zurcher v. Stanford Daily
(1978)
Historical Documents (by name)
Areopagitica
(John Milton)
Commentaries on the Laws of England
(Sir William Blackstone)
Declaration of Independence
Espionage Act of 1917
On Liberty
(John Stuart Mill)
Magna Carta
Sedition Act of July 14, 1798
Smith Act of 1940
United States Constitution
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Thomas L. Tedford and Dale A. Herbeck
Freedom of Speech in the United States,
4th ed.
State College, PA: Strata Publishing, Inc., 2001
www.bc.edu/free_speech