CITY NEWS & NOVELTY, INC. v. WAUKESHA

No. 99-1680.

531 U.S. 278 (2001)

CITY NEWS & NOVELTY, INC. v. CITY OF WAUKESHA

United States Supreme Court.

Decided January 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Scott Olson argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Richard L. Wilson, John H. Weston, G. Randall Garrou, and Cathy E. Crosson.

Curt R. Meitz argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Vincent D. Moschella and Thomas C. Goldstein.

James A. Feldman argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Waxman, Assistant Attorney General Ogden, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Lisa Schiavo Blatt, Michael Jay Singer, and Howard S. Scher.*

Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.


Justice Ginsburg, delivered the opinion of the Court.

In Freedman v. Maryland, 380 U.S. 51 (1965), a case involving a state motion-picture censorship scheme, the Court announced procedural requirements necessary to guard against unconstitutional prior restraint of expression. Those requirements included assurance of "a prompt final judicial decision, to minimize the deterrent...

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