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· 1/15/1973

Smith's Transfer Corp. v. United States

Citations

  • 409 U.S. 1120
  • 93 S. Ct. 937

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “there is ‘no doubt’ that the right to distribute and circulate newspapers through the use of news racks is protected by the first amendment.”
  • “it is the very existence of official discretion that gives rise to threat of injury sufficient to warrant an injunction”

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Judges: Douglas, Jurisdiction, Set, Would

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