Case Categories: Prior Restraint

• Bernstein v. United States Department of States (District Court of California) (1997)

  Bernstein v. United States Department of State (1997), in the District Court for the Northern District of California, is the leading case applying First...

• Carroll v. President and Commissioners of Princess Anne (1968)

  The Supreme Court struck down an injunction that was meant to stop a white supremacist group from rallying in Maryland in the 1968 case, Carroll v. President...

• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn (1975)

  In an important case involving a free press, the Supreme Court in Cox Broadcasting v. Cohn absolved a journalist from criminal or civil charges for revealing...

• Near v. Minnesota (1931)

  Near v. Minnesota (1931) fashioned the First Amendment doctrine opposing prior restraint and reaffirmed that the incorporation of the First Amendment...

• Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart (1976)

  In Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart (1976), the Court ruled that a gag order prior to jury impanelment violated the First Amendment right of freedom of the...

• New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)

  New York Times Co. v. United States (1971), also called the "Pentagon Papers" case, defended the First Amendment right of free press against prior restraint by...

• Patterson v. Colorado (1907)

  Patterson v. Colorado (1907), which upheld a contempt citation against a paper that criticized a state supreme court, has been superseded by new First Amendment...

• Teitel Film Corp. v. Cusack (1968)