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Majority Opinion
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O'Connor, J. |
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Concurring Opinion
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White, J. (concurring in part and dissenting in part) |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Rehnquist, J. |
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Lower Court
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Minnesota Supreme Court |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim denied |
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Oral Arguments
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Oral Arguments
[Oyez]
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| Lawyers |
Paul R. Kempainen, Special Asst. Attorney General of Minnesota
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| Briefs |
Peter W. Schroth and Charles S. Sims for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. (for petitioner)
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Philip A. Lacovara, W. Terry Maguire, and Pamela J. Riley for Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc. et al. (for petitioner)
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| Ruling - Lower Court |
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| News |
Barbash, Fred, "Supreme Court Strikes Down State's Tax on Publications," The Washington Post, March 30, 1983, Sect. A, p. 4
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Elsasser, Glen, "Minnesota's Taxes on Newspapers are Ruled Unconstitutional," The Chicago Tribune, March 30, 1983, Sect. A, p. 5
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Greenhouse, Linda, "High Court Bars Selective Tax on Publishers," The New York Times, March 30, 1983, Sect. A, p. 21
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Greenhouse, Linda, "High Court to Weigh Tax Issues," The New York Times, Oct. 4, 1982, Sect. D, p. 1
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Mann, Jim, "High Court Strikes Down Special Tax on Newspapers, Citing Constitution," The Los Angeles Times, March 30, 1983, p. 6
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| Other |
Benjamin, Stuart Minor, "Proactive Legislation and the First Amendment," 99 Mich. L. Rev. 281 (2000)
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Bezanson, "Political Agnosticism, Editorial Freedom and Government Neutrality Toward the Press," 72 Iowa L. Rev. 1359 (1987)
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Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (3rd Ed.)(2006), Sect. 11.6.2.1
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Posner, Richard, "Law, Pragmatism and Democracy," (2003)
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Volokh, Eugene, "Speech as Conduct: Generally Applicable Laws, Illegal Courses of Conduct, "Situation-Altering Utterances," and the Uncharted Zones, 90 Cornell L. Rev 1277 (2005)
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