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SMITH v. DAILY MAIL PUBLISHING CO.

No. 78-482.

443 U.S. 97 (1979)

SMITH, JUDGE, ET AL. v. DAILY MAIL PUBLISHING CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cletus B. Hanley, Special Assistant Attorney General of West Virginia, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Chauncey H. Browning, Attorney General, and Betty L. Caplan, Special Assistant Attorney General.

Floyd Abrams argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Dean Ringel, F. Paul Chambers, Michael A. Albert, and Rudolph L. Di Trapano.*

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to consider whether a West Virginia statute violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution by making it a crime for a newspaper to publish, without the written approval of the juvenile court, the name of any youth charged as a juvenile offender.

(1)

The challenged West Virginia statute provides:

"[N]or shall the name of any...

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