Important Historical First Amendment Cases

The following is a list of important historical court decisions regarding freedom of speech and press. Click on the links to read the decisions.

Case
1 Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation v. Hoeper (2014)
2 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. (1986)
3 Associated Press v. Walker (1967)
4 Bartnicki v. Vopper (2001)
5 Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of U.S. (1983)
6 Celotex v. Catrett (1986)
7 Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. (1991)
8 Cox Broadcasting v. Cohn (1975)
9 Curtis Publishing v. Butts (1967)
10 Galella v. Onassis (1973)
11 Garrison v. Louisiana (1964)
12 Gertz v. Welch (1974)
13 Greenbelt Cooperative Pub. Ass’n v. Bressler (1970)
14 Harte-Hanks Communications Inc. v. Connaughton (1989)
15 Herbert v. Lando (1979)
16 Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell (1988)
17 Hutchinson v. Proxmire (1979)
18 Letter Carriers v. Austin (1974)
19 Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc. (1991)
20 Miami Herald v. Tornillo (1974)
21 Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. (1990)
22 Near v. State of Minnesota (1931)
23 Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart (1976)
24 New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
25 New York Times v. U.S. (1971)
26 Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps (1986)
27 Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of California (1986)
28 Rosenblatt v. Baer (1966)
29 Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc. (1971)
30 Seattle Times Co., dba The Seattle Times v. Rhinehart (1984)
31 Snyder v. Phelps (2011)
32 St. Amant v. Thompson (1968)
33 U.S. v. O’Brien (1968)
34 Wolston v. Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. (1979)
35 Zurcher v. Stanford Daily (1978)