Supreme Court· 6/30/1976

Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart

Citations

427 U.S. 539
96 S. Ct. 2791
49 L. Ed. 2d 683
1976 U.S. LEXIS 17
1 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1064

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holding that a court-ordered injunction forbidding the media from publishing information related to an ongoing criminal proceeding was an unconstitutional prior restraint
holding that a court-ordered injunction forbidding the media from publishing information related to an ongoing criminal proceeding was an unconstitutional prior restraint
holding that “prior restraints on speech and publication are the most serious and the least tolerable infringement on First Amendment rights”
holding that a judge’s order limiting the press’s reports about a trial would escape judicial scrutiny because such orders would always expire before appellate review
recognizing that “that a threat of criminal or civil sanctions after publication ‘chills’ speech”
holding that the case was not moot because the dispute between the state and the Nebraska Press Association, among others, regarding a restraining order on the press during a criminal trial was capable of repetition

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Judges: BlacKMUN, Brennan, Burger, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens, White

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