Case Categories: Right to Receive Information

• American Academy of Religion v. Chertoff (S.D.N.Y) (2006)

  In American Academy of Religion v. Chertoff (2006), a New York court affirmed the First Amendment rights of scholars who had invited an Islamic scholar to teach...

• Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District v. Pico (1982)

  Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District v. Pico (1982) held that public schools can't remove books to suppress ideas. Schools must follow...

• Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro (1977)

  Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro (1977) invalidated an ordinance that limited "For Sale" signs in neighborhoods on First Amendment grounds...

• Martin v. City of Struthers (1943)

  In Martin v. City of Struthers (1943), the Court overturned a ruling that upheld the conviction of a door-to-door religious solicitor in a case focusing on...

• Sorrell v. IMS Health (2011)

  Sorrell v. IMS (2011) invalidated a state law prohibiting the sale of pharmacy data as an impermissible restriction on free speech guaranteed in the First...

• Stanley v. Georgia (1969)

  Stanley v. Georgia (1969) the Supreme Court said that criminalizing the mere possession of obscenity violated the First Amendment right to receive information...

• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. (1976)

  In Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc., the Court ruled that purely commercial speech deserves First Amendment...