Cunningham v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that fighting words are one of the categories of speech that does not “raise constitutional problems provided that the statutes regulating them are narrowly drawn”
• explaining that if a statute, such as one criminalizing the use of fighting words, “affects protected speech,” Georgia courts, in reviewing whether the statute is constitutional, must first determine if it is narrowly tailored to protect some vital government interest
• finding a Georgia statute which banned profane language on bumper stickers to be unconstitutional
• recognizing First Amendment implications of underinclusive statute
• before considering whether statute that affects protected speech is overbroad, it must be determined if it can be narrowly construed by this Court
• before considering whether statute that affects protected speech is overbroad, it must be determined if it can be narrowly construed by this Court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Union City Board of Zoning Appeals v. Justice Outdoor Displays, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-03-11· cited 45×
• Wagner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-11-05· cited 24×
• Howard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-02-28· cited 18×
• Christensen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-03-11· cited 16×
• Tucker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-07-08· cited 13×
• Turner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-06· cited 12×
• Briggs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-11-29· cited 10×
• McKenzie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-04-26· cited 9×
• State v. Cafe Erotica, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-26· cited 8×
• Final Exit Network, Inc. v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-06· cited 8×
• Knowles v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-02-21· cited 5×
• WILLIAMS, CONGRESSWOMAN v. POWELL
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-31· cited 2×
• Baker v. Glover
  M.D. Alabama· 1991-10-03· cited 1×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Broadrick v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 4,338×
• Roth v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-24· cited 3,255×
• Miller v. California
  Supreme Court· 1973-10-09· cited 3,038×
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
  Supreme Court· 1942-03-09· cited 2,706×
• Cohen v. California
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 1,777×
• Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 1,516×
• Gooding v. Wilson
  Supreme Court· 1972-03-23· cited 1,392×
• Lovell v. City of Griffin
  Supreme Court· 1938-03-28· cited 1,301×
• Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-23· cited 1,124×
• Schenck v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1919-03-03· cited 1,079×
• Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-07· cited 857×
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation
  Supreme Court· 1978-10-02· cited 761×
• State v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-12-05· cited 66×
• Holcombe v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1908-10-26· cited 37×
• City of MacOn v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-09-06· cited 12×
• Collins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-11-20· cited 11×
• Sarnie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-04-08· cited 9×
• Hartrampf v. Georgia Real Estate Commission
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-05-29· cited 7×