| Case<\/th> | Date<\/th> | Subject<\/th> | Context <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td> | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| ***New York Times v Sullivan<\/td> | 1964<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Sullivan standard \/ bedrock libel case<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| **Brandenburg v Ohio<\/td> | 1969<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Imminent action<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| **Central Hudson v PSC of New York<\/td> | 1980<\/td> | Advertising<\/td> | Four-part commercial speech test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| **Moody v Netchoice<\/td> | 2024 <\/td> | Social media <\/td> | FB, X, etc cant be regulated by states<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| **Near v Minnesota<\/td> | 1933<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | State can't ban publications<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| **New York Times v US<\/td> | 1972<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Pentagon papers Vietnam history<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| **Reno v ACLU<\/td> | 1997<\/td> | Obscenity<\/td> | Strikes down Communications Decency Act<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *A & M Records v Napster<\/td> | 2001<\/td> | Copyright<\/td> | Music sharing is not fair use<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Associated Press v US<\/td> | 1945<\/td> | Antitrust<\/td> | AP must remove barriers to entry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Associated Press v Walker<\/td> | 1967<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Delimits Sullivan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Bollea v Gawker<\/td> | 2016<\/td> | Privacy<\/td> | Sex tape made public<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Burstyn v Wilson<\/td> | 1952<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Ended film censorship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Campbell v Acuff-Rose Music<\/td> | 1994<\/td> | Copyright<\/td> | Pretty Woman case<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Chaplinsky v New Hampshire<\/td> | 1942<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Fighting words case<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Cherry v Des Moines Leader<\/td> | 1901<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Fair comment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Community for Creative Non-Violence v Reid<\/td> | 1989<\/td> | Copyright<\/td> | Author \/ artist keeps copyright absent contract<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Cox v Cohn<\/td> | 1975<\/td> | Privacy<\/td> | Assault victim named<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Curtis v Butts<\/td> | 1967<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Delimited Sullivan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *FCC v Pacifica Foundation<\/td> | 1978<\/td> | Obscenity<\/td> | George Carlin broadcasting case<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Forty four (44) Liquormart v Rhode Island<\/td> | 1996<\/td> | Advertising<\/td> | Truthful ads for alcohol prices are OK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *FTC v Facebook<\/td> | 2020<\/td> | Anti-Trust<\/td> | FB purchase WhatsApp, Instagram; dismissed 2021 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Gertz v Welch<\/td> | 1974<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Who is a public person?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Hustler Mag & Larry Flynt v Jerry Falwell<\/td> | 1988<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Intentional infliction of emotional distress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Iancu v Brunetti<\/td> | 2019<\/td> | Trademark<\/td> | OKs offensive trademark \"Fuct\" clothing label<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Miami Herald v Tornillo<\/td> | 1974<\/td> | Advertising<\/td> | No right to advertise in print media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Miller v California<\/td> | 1973<\/td> | Obscenity<\/td> | Roth + community standards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Murthy v Missouri<\/td> | 2024 <\/td> | Social media <\/td> | Gov't advise on public health <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Office of Comm of United Church of Christ v FCC<\/td> | 1969<\/td> | Broadcasting<\/td> | WLBT Jackson MS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Regina (Queen) v Hicklin<\/td> | 1868<\/td> | Obscenity<\/td> | Early case punishing obscene publications<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Rex v Zenger<\/td> | 1735<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Truth a defense in libel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Roth v US<\/td> | 1957<\/td> | Obscenity<\/td> | Landmark case striking down Comstockery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Schenck v US<\/td> | 1919<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Clear and present danger case<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Texas v Johnson<\/td> | 1989<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Flag burning is protected symbolic speech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Tinker v Des Moines Schools<\/td> | 1969<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Protects student speech in high school<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Valentine v Christensen<\/td> | 1942<\/td> | Advertising<\/td> | Ads not protected by 1st Amend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *West Virginia Brd of Ed v Barnette<\/td> | 1943<\/td> | Free speech<\/td> | Students not required to recite pledge of allegiance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Whitney v California<\/td> | 1927<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Notable dissent for free speech, Justice Brandeis <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Barnes v Yahoo<\/td> | 2006<\/td> | Privacy<\/td> | Right to anonymity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bigelow v Virginia<\/td> | 1976<\/td> | Advertising<\/td> | Abortion services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Blackhorse v Pro-Football Inc<\/td> | 2016<\/td> | Trademark<\/td> | Redskins name case<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Branzburg v Hayes<\/td> | 1972<\/td> | Reporter priv<\/td> | Refused grand jury testimony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Capitol Records v Thomas-Rasset<\/td> | 2012<\/td> | Copyright<\/td> | High fines for music downloads<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cohen v California<\/td> | 1971<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Draft resistor case<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cohen v Cowles Media<\/td> | 1991<\/td> | Reporter priv<\/td> | Source protection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Collier v Postum<\/td> | 1907<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Ads for Grape Nuts dangerous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| County of Allegheny v. ACLU<\/td> | 1989<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Christmas displays<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cubby v Compuserv<\/td> | 1991<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Digital media responsibility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Edwards v National Audubon Society<\/td> | 1977<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Neutral reportage defense<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eldred v Ashcroft<\/td> | 2003<\/td> | Copyright<\/td> | Duration of protection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Elonis v United States<\/td> | 2015<\/td> | Social media <\/td> | Threats on social media <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Friends of the Earth v FCC<\/td> | 1971<\/td> | Broadcasting<\/td> | Fairness doctrine in TV advertising<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gannett v Depasquale<\/td> | 1979<\/td> | Press - trial<\/td> | Closed courtrooms, reversed by Richmond v Va <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gonzalez v Google Spain (EU case)<\/td> | 2014<\/td> | Privacy RTBF<\/td> | EU upheld Google \"delisting\" of minor private issues <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier<\/td> | 1988<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Allowed censorship of high school media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Holder v Humanitarian Law Project<\/td> | 2010<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Laws limit speech about terrorist groups<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Howard v Des Moines Register<\/td> | 1979<\/td> | Privacy<\/td> | Named victim of state sterilization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hurley v Irish American LGBT Boston<\/td> | 1995<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Right of association case<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hutchinson v Proxmire<\/td> | 1979<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Press release by Senator not privileged<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lehman v Shaker Heights<\/td> | 1974<\/td> | Advertising<\/td> | Lehman rule for publicly owned media (bus posters etc)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Loraine Journal Co v US<\/td> | 1951<\/td> | Antitrust<\/td> | Refusal to deal case<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mahanoy Schools v B.L.<\/td> | 2021<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | High school student profanity off campus, on Snapchat <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mann v Simberg, Steyn <\/td> | 2024 <\/td> | Libel <\/td> | Climate scientist awarded $1 million <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Matal v Tam<\/td> | 2017<\/td> | Trademark<\/td> | OKs offensive trademark \"Slants\" <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| MGM Studios Inc v Grokster Ltd<\/td> | 2005<\/td> | Copyright<\/td> | Circumventing software<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mutual Film v Industrial Comm of Ohio<\/td> | 1915<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Film censorship OK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| NAACP v Alabama (Patterson)<\/td> | 1958<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Right of association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Nebraska Press Assn v Stewart<\/td> | 1976<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Courts cant gag media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Nike v Kasky<\/td> | 2003<\/td> | Advertising<\/td> | Public relations versus truth in advertising<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ollman v Evans<\/td> | 1979<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Defines fact<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Palin v New York Times<\/td> | 2022<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Dismissed 2022, refiled 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pope v Illinois<\/td> | 1989<\/td> | Obscenity<\/td> | Modifies Miller standard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Prager v YouTube (Google) <\/td> | 2020<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Prager censorship challenge failed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| RAV v St Paul<\/td> | 1992<\/td> | Hate speech<\/td> | Extra punishment for hate speech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Red Lion Media v FCC<\/td> | 1969<\/td> | Broadcasting<\/td> | Upheld Fairness Doctrine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Reed v Town of Gilbert<\/td> | 2015<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Town rules on sign content unconstitutional<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Richmond Newspapers v Virginia<\/td> | 1980<\/td> | Press - trial<\/td> | Re-opens courtrooms as per 6th Amendment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| RJ Reynolds v FDA<\/td> | 2011<\/td> | Advertising<\/td> | Tobacco case<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Roberson v Rochester Folding Box Co.<\/td> | 1902<\/td> | Privacy<\/td> | misappropriation of likeness case<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rosenberger v Rectors of the University of Virginia<\/td> | 1995<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Student media funding must be objective<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rubin v Coors<\/td> | 1995<\/td> | Advertising<\/td> | Can ban truthful info<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Search King v Google<\/td> | 2003<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Google has First Amendment rights, not its customers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sheppard v Maxwell<\/td> | 1966<\/td> | Press - trial<\/td> | Set rules for covering courts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sherrod v Brietbart<\/td> | 2011<\/td> | Privacy<\/td> | False light deliberately misleading video edits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sipple v Chronicle Publishing<\/td> | 1984<\/td> | Privacy<\/td> | Privacy case where hero outed as gay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Smith v Daily Mail<\/td> | 1979<\/td> | Privacy<\/td> | Juvenile ID laws<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Snyder v Phelps<\/td> | 2011<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Westboro church can protest funerals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sony v Universal City Studios<\/td> | 1984<\/td> | Copyright<\/td> | VCR time shifting is OK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Stratton Oakmont v Prodigy<\/td> | 1995<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Digital media responsibility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Texas Beef Group v Oprah Winfree<\/td> | 1998<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Court sides with Oprah in mad cow controversy <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Trinity Methodist Church v FRC<\/td> | 1933<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Allowed FCC (then FRC) to rescind license<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| US v Alvarez<\/td> | 2012<\/td> | Privacy<\/td> | Stolen Valor Act overly broad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| US v Bolton<\/td> | 2020<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Book by Nat'l Security Advisor John Bolton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| US v NBC<\/td> | 1943<\/td> | Antitrust<\/td> | Split NBC red & blue networks to create ABC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| US v OBrien<\/td> | 1968<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Draft card burning is not protected speech<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| US v Paramount Pictures<\/td> | 1948<\/td> | Antitrust<\/td> | Theaters - studio ties violate anti-trust<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| US v Press Publishing Co (NY World)<\/td> | 1911<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Libel case brought by Teddy Roosevelt against Pulitzer's World<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| US v Stevens<\/td> | 2010<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Animal cruelty video ban was overly broad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| VA Brd Pharm v Va Cit. Consumer Council<\/td> | 1976<\/td> | Advertising<\/td> | Brd cant restrict generic advertising<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Viacom v YouTube (Google)<\/td> | 2012<\/td> | Copyright<\/td> | DMCA shields Google from infringement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Virginia v Black<\/td> | 2003<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Cross burning for intimidation not protected by First Amendment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ward v. Rock Against Racism<\/td> | 1989<\/td> | Prior restraint<\/td> | Loud music in Central Park OK if technically focused<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| White-Smith Music Publishing Co v Apollo<\/td> | 1908<\/td> | Copyright<\/td> | \"Player\" piano music rolls not copyrightable <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wilson v Layne<\/td> | 1999<\/td> | Privacy<\/td> | Photography during police search not OK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Zeran v AOL<\/td> | 1997<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | CDA section 230 found Constitutional \n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Zurcher v Stanford Daily<\/td> | 1976<\/td> | Reporter priv<\/td> | Newsroom search<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *Dominion v Fox News <\/td> | 2023<\/td> | Libel<\/td> | Fox Network paid over $750 million <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| *US v Google<\/td> | 2024 <\/td> | Antitrust <\/td> | Dept Justice wins monopoly case <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\nFurther information:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n |