· 1/25/1982
In Re RMJ
Citations
- 455 U.S. 191
- 102 S. Ct. 929
- 71 L. Ed. 2d 64
- 1982 U.S. LEXIS 68
- 50 U.S.L.W. 4185
- 7 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2545
How courts have described this case
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- holding that regulation is permissible when an advertisement is inherently likely to deceive or has a history of being deceptive
- holding that advertising may be totally prohibited when the content or method suggests that it is inherently misleading
- holding that when a state wants to prohibit false or misleading commercial speech that it must do so with less extensive regulation that a total ban
- holding that regulation is permissible when an advertisement is inherently likely to deceive or has a history of being deceptive
- holding that regulation is permissible when an advertisement is inherently likely to deceive or has a history of being deceptive
- stating that in order to regulate nonmisleading commercial speech, “the State must assert a substantial interest and the interference with speech must be in proportion to the interest served”
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Judges: Powell
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