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· 1/29/1982

Southern New Jersey Newspapers, Inc. v. State

Citations

  • 542 F. Supp. 173
  • 1982 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13096

How courts have described this case

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  • state statute unconstitutionally abridged First Amendment rights when applied so as to totally prohibit erection or maintenance of newspaper honor boxes within right-of-way of state highways
  • “[M]any of the rights-of-way in question are located in populated, commercial areas where the honor boxes may even seem at home and not in unspoiled scenic countrysides where the boxes might look truly out of place”

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Judges: Brotman

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