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)

  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...