Litigants: | Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc. |
Arguedate: | November 9 |
Argueyear: | 1992 |
Decidedate: | March 24 |
Decideyear: | 1993 |
Fullname: | City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network |
Usvol: | 507 |
Uspage: | 410 |
Oralargument: | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1992/1992_91_1200/argument |
Opinionannouncement: | https://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1992/1992_91_1200/opinion |
Parallelcitations: | 113 S. Ct. 1505; 123 L. Ed. 2d 99; 1993 U.S. LEXIS 2401 |
Holding: | A ban by the city of Cincinnati on the distribution of commercial material via news racks violated the First Amendment. |
Majority: | Stevens |
Joinmajority: | Blackmun, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter |
Concurrence: | Blackmun |
Dissent: | Rehnquist |
Joindissent: | White, Thomas |
Lawsapplied: | U.S. Const. amend. I |
Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc., 507 U.S. 410 (1993), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a ban by the city of Cincinnati on the distribution of commercial material via news racks violated the First Amendment.[1]