HOME > First Amendment Library > Case   Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn (Docket #: 73-938) (1975)  [Findlaw] Argument Date 11/11/1974 Decided 03/03/1975 Supreme Court Vote 8-1 Supreme Court Ruling First Amendment claim sustained   Issue Did the Georgia law violate the freedom of the press as protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments? Majority Opinion White, J. (joined by Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun, and Powell, JJ.) Concurring Opinion Powell, J. (joined by Burger, C.J.) & Douglas, J. Dissenting Opinion Rehnquist, J. Lower Court Georgia Superior Court Lower Court Ruling First Amendment claim denied Oral Arguments Oral Arguments  [Oyez] Lawyers For Petitioner Kirk M. McAlpin For Respondent Stephen A. Land Briefs For Petitioner Joseph R. Bankoff For Amicus Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Robert S. Stubbs II, Executive Assistant Attorney General, and Don A. Langham and Alfred L. Evans, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for the State of Georgia Multimedia, Inc. Opinion - Lower Court Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn, 231 Ga. 60, 200 S.E.2d 127  SEARCH MORE About this site About the First Amendment About the First Amendment Center How to contribute Video/RSS/podcasts First Amendment programs State of the First Amendment reports Religious liberty in public schools First Reports Supreme Court Columnists Experts First Amendment publications First Amendment Center history Glossary Freedom Sings™ Events First Amendment Schools Congressional Research Service reports Guest editorials FOI material The First Amendment Library Lesson plans freedomforum.org Newseum Contact us Privacy statement Related links