Case Categories: Son of Sam Laws

• Seres v. Lerner (Nev.) (2004)

  Seres v. Lerner (Nev. 2004) struck down a Son of Sam law on First Amendment grounds. The law was designed to prevent criminals from profiting from their...

• Simon and Schuster v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board (1991)

  In Simon and Schuster v. New York State Crime Victims Board (1991), the Supreme Court said that New York's Son of Sam law violated the First Amendment...