Cox Broadcasting Corp. et al. v. Cohn

Decided March 3, 1975. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-938 · 420 U.S. 469 (1975) · Cited 1,289 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union v. Curry · 371 U.S. 542 (1963)
• Time, Inc. v. Hill · 385 U.S. 374 (1967)
• Radio Station Wow, Inc. v. Johnson · 326 U.S. 120 (1945)
• Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo · 418 U.S. 241 (1974)
• Mills v. Alabama · 384 U.S. 214 (1966)
• Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. Langdeau · 371 U.S. 555 (1963)
• Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp. · 379 U.S. 148 (1964)
• Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• Brady v. Maryland · 373 U.S. 83 (1963)
• Garrison v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 64 (1964)
• Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe · 402 U.S. 415 (1971)
• Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Co. · 419 U.S. 245 (1974)
• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Forgay v. Conrad · 47 U.S. 201 (1848)
• North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy v. Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc. · 414 U.S. 156 (1973)
• Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333 (1966)
• Clark v. Williard · 292 U.S. 112 (1934)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts · 388 U.S. 130 (1967)
• Estes v. Texas · 381 U.S. 532 (1965)
• Garrity v. New Jersey · 385 U.S. 493 (1967)
• SAMUELS Et Al. v. MACKELL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF QUEENS COUNTY, Et Al. · 401 U.S. 66 (1971)
• Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc. · 403 U.S. 29 (1971)
• Bridges v. California · 314 U.S. 252 (1941)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Florida Star v. B. J. F. · 491 U.S. 524 (1989)
• Oklahoma Publishing Co. v. District Court in & for Oklahoma County · 430 U.S. 308 (1977)
• Pierce County v. Guillen · 537 U.S. 129 (2003)
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie · 480 U.S. 39 (1987)
• Moore v. Harper · 600 U.S. 1 (2023)
• Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart · 427 U.S. 539 (1976)
• Time, Inc. v. Firestone · 424 U.S. 448 (1976)
• Duquesne Light Co. v. Barasch · 488 U.S. 299 (1989)
• Southland Corp. v. Keating · 465 U.S. 1 (1984)
• Gannett Co. v. DePasquale · 443 U.S. 368 (1979)
• Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia · 435 U.S. 829 (1978)
• Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana · 489 U.S. 46 (1989)
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers · 461 U.S. 138 (1983)
• Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc. · 435 U.S. 589 (1978)
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · 448 U.S. 555 (1980)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of Norfolk · 457 U.S. 596 (1982)
• Asarco Inc. v. Kadish · 490 U.S. 605 (1989)
• Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Co. · 443 U.S. 97 (1979)
• San Diego Gas & Electric Co. v. City of San Diego · 450 U.S. 621 (1981)
• American Export Lines, Inc. v. Alvez · 446 U.S. 274 (1980)
• Shaffer v. Heitner · 433 U.S. 186 (1977)
• United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press · 489 U.S. 749 (1989)
• New York v. Quarles · 467 U.S. 649 (1984)
• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Riverside · 478 U.S. 1 (1986)
• Belknap, Inc. v. Hale · 463 U.S. 491 (1983)
• Kansas v. Marsh · 548 U.S. 163 (2006)
• Goodyear Atomic Corp. v. Miller · 486 U.S. 174 (1988)
• Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Corp. · 528 U.S. 32 (1999)
• National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie · 432 U.S. 43 (1977)

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