47 Cited authorities

  1. R.A.V. v. St. Paul

    505 U.S. 377 (1992)   Cited 1,610 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding the government may not "license one side of a debate to fight freestyle, while requiring the other to follow Marquis of Queensberry rules"
  2. Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn.

    564 U.S. 786 (2011)   Cited 486 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that even if violent video games cause aggression, a state could not prohibit their sale to children
  3. Harte-Hanks Communications v. Connaughton

    491 U.S. 657 (1989)   Cited 908 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the standard for "reckless disregard" for the truth in a defamation action by a public figure "is a subjective one," requiring that "the defendant in fact entertained serious doubts as to the truth of his publication," or that "the defendant actually had a high degree of awareness of . . . probable falsity"
  4. Matal v. Tam

    137 S. Ct. 1744 (2017)   Cited 297 times   78 Legal Analyses
    Holding law prohibiting "trademarks like . . . 'Down with racists,' 'Down with sexists,' 'Down with homophobes' " was not narrowly tailored to interest in preventing disparaging language from disrupting the orderly flow of commerce
  5. Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission

    492 U.S. 115 (1989)   Cited 461 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that indecency regulation of telephone messages was content-based restriction subject to strict scrutiny
  6. Howell v. New York Post Co.

    81 N.Y.2d 115 (N.Y. 1993)   Cited 1,424 times
    Holding that the elements of intentional infliction of emotional distress are: " extreme and outrageous conduct; intent to cause, or disregard of a substantial probability of causing, severe emotional distress; a causal connection between the conduct and injury; and severe emotional distress."
  7. Bartnicki v. Vopper

    532 U.S. 514 (2001)   Cited 284 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding unconstitutional the prohibition on disclosure of illegally intercepted conversation even though the initial step in the disclosure process, the interception, was illegal and harmful to those whose privacy was invaded
  8. Winters v. New York

    333 U.S. 507 (1948)   Cited 882 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that where a statute imposes criminal penalties, the standard of certainty involved in vagueness review is higher
  9. Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson

    343 U.S. 495 (1952)   Cited 628 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that movies are a protected form of speech
  10. Hilton v. Hallmark Cards

    580 F.3d 874 (9th Cir. 2009)   Cited 234 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that pendent jurisdiction is unavailable over a motion to dismiss under Federal Rule 12(b) in an appeal from a denial of a motion to strike under an anti-SLAPP statute
  11. Section 50 - Right of privacy

    N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 50   Cited 515 times   8 Legal Analyses

    A person, firm or corporation that uses for advertising purposes, or for the purposes of trade, the name, portrait or picture of any living person without having first obtained the written consent of such person, or if a minor of his or her parent or guardian, is guilty of a misdemeanor. N.Y. Civ. RightsLaw § 50