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· 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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