U.S. District Court / S.D. New York

American Libraries Ass'n v. Pataki

Decided June 20, 1997. Loretta A. Preska wrote the opinion for the court.

969 F. Supp. 160 · Cited 107 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137
Baldwin v. G. A. F. Seelig, Inc. · 294 U.S. 511
Sproles v. Binford · 286 U.S. 374
Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333
Caminetti v. United States · 242 U.S. 470
Katzenbach v. McClung · 379 U.S. 294
Hoke & Economides v. United States · 227 U.S. 308
United Transportation Union v. Long Island Rail Road · 455 U.S. 678
New York Life Insurance v. Head · 234 U.S. 149
Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Kaw Valley Drainage District · 233 U.S. 75
The Minnesota Rate Cases · 230 U.S. 352
Bensusan Restaurant Corp. v. King · 937 F. Supp. 295
American Booksellers Association, Inc. v. Webb · 590 F. Supp. 677
Streetwatch v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. · 875 F. Supp. 1055
Allen B. Dumont Laboratories, Inc. v. Carroll · 86 F. Supp. 813
C & a Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown · 770 F. Supp. 848
Almonte v. Pierce · 666 F. Supp. 517

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People v. Hsu · 99 Cal. Rptr. 2d 184
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Cyberspace, Communications, Inc. v. Engler · 55 F. Supp. 2d 737
Ex Parte Oscar Calvin Fisher · 481 S.W.3d 414
Simmons v. State · 944 So. 2d 317
PSINet, Inc. v. Chapman · 167 F. Supp. 2d 878
PSINet, Inc. v. Chapman · 108 F. Supp. 2d 611
Southeast Booksellers Ass'n v. McMaster · 371 F. Supp. 2d 773
Rousso v. State · 239 P.3d 1084
EX PARTE Michael Dwain BRADSHAW · 501 S.W.3d 665
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression v. Dean · 202 F. Supp. 2d 300
Rousso v. State · 170 Wash. 2d 70
State v. Backlund · 2003 ND 184
American Civil Liberties Union v. Johnson · 4 F. Supp. 2d 1029
State v. Cunningham · 808 N.E.2d 488
Ex parte Moy · 523 S.W.3d 830
Center for Democracy & Technology v. Pappert · 337 F. Supp. 2d 606
State v. Heckel · 143 Wash. 2d 824
State v. Heckel · 24 P.3d 404
State v. Bolden, Unpublished Decision (5-7-2004) · 2004 Ohio 2315

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