Case Categories: Son of Sam Laws

• Seres v. Lerner (2004)

  Nevada's Supreme Court in 2004 struck down the state's Son of Sam law on First Amendment grounds for being overly broad in Seres v. Lerner. The sister of a...

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

  The Supreme Court in 1991 overturned New York's Son of Sam law as inconsistent with the First Amendment after the state tried to get the proceeds from a book...