Supreme Court· 3/3/1975

Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn

Citations

420 U.S. 469
95 S. Ct. 1029
43 L. Ed. 2d 328
1975 U.S. LEXIS 139
32 Rad. Reg. 2d (P & F) 1511
1 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1819

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holding that a radio station could not constitutionally be held liable for broadcasting the name of a rape victim, because the victim's name was contained in public records
holding that a radio station could not constitutionally be held liable for broadcasting the name of a rape victim, because the victim’s name was contained in public records
holding that newspaper could not be held liable for publishing information released to public in official court records
holding that the first amendment forbade a state from prohibiting publication of a rape victim's name that had been released into the public record
holding that the first amendment forbade a state from prohibiting publication of a rape victim’s name that had been released into the public record
holding that state may not constitutionally punish a television station for broadcasting the name of a seventeen-year old rape-murder victim when the victim’s name appeared in court records open to the public

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Judges: White, Powell, Douglas, Rehnquist, Burger

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