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1993 United States Supreme Court case

Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc., 507 U.S. 410 (1993), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a ban by the city of Cincinnati , on the distribution of commercial material via news racks, violated the First Amendment .

See also

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• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 507

• _Coates v. Cincinnati _

References

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1. ↑ City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc., 507 U.S. 410 (1993) ("Cincinnati's categorical ban on the distribution, via newsrack, of 'commercial handbills' cannot be squared with the dictates of the First Amendment.")

External links

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• Text of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc., 507 U.S. 410 (1993) is available from: Cornell CourtListener Google Scholar Internet Archive (docket files) Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)

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**First Amendment to the United States Constitution **

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Content-neutral
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Compelled speech

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Compelled subsidy
of others' speech

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