Research Catalog

Title

Mass media and the Supreme Court : the legacy of the Warren years / edited, with commentaries and special notes by Kenneth S. Devol.

Publication

New York : Hastings House, c1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Devol, Kenneth S.
• United States. Supreme Court.

Description

xiv, 450 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Updated with major Supreme Court decisions through 1990, this newly-revised edition provides a carefully-edited collection of major cases and important articles from leading law journals about obscenity, censorship, libel, rights of privacy, trial by television, and other First Amendment problems. During the 1960s and continuing through today, Supreme Court Justices have been willing to speak out on a series of questions that have had wide-ranging impacts on the mass media. This legal activism on issues such as prior restraint, government regulation, public access to the media, and motion picture censorship, has increased the importance of media law, making this book essential reading for students of mass communications and for professionals in the field." -- Publisher's description

Series Statement

Communication arts books

Uniform Title

Communication arts books.

Subjects

• Trials, litigation, etc
• Freedom of the press > United States > Cases
• Press law > United States > Cases
• Telecommunication > Law and legislation > United States > Cases

Genre/Form

Trials, litigation, etc.

Note

• Excerpts from opinions of the Supreme Court, with concurrences and dissents, and articles from various journals of law and mass communication.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• 1. THE JUSTICES AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT. Schenck v. United States (1919) -- Dennis v. United States (1951) -- Virginia Board of Pharmacy v. Consumer Council (1976) -- New York v. Ferber (1982) -- Posadas de Puerto Rico v. Tourism Co. (1986) / John P. MacKenzie -- The Supreme Court and the Press / Harry Kalven, Jr. -- Uninhibited, Robust and Wide Open / C. David Rambo -- Litigious age gives rise to media law; 2. PRIOR RESTRAINT. Near v. Minnesota (1931) -- Lovell v. Griffin (1938) -- Mills v. Alabama (1966) -- New York Times v. United States (1971) -- Pittsburgh Press v. Pittsburgh Commission (1973) -- Cox Broadcasting v. Cohn (1975) -- Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart (1976) Landmark Communications v. Virginia (1978) -- Metromedia v. San Diego (1981) -- Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988) / Jack C. Landau -- Free at last, at least / Zechariah Chafee, Jr. -- Freedom of speech as I see it ; 3. NEWSGATHERING. Branzburg v. Hayes (1972) -- Zurcher v. Standford Daily (1978) -- Houchins v. KQED (1978) -- Smith v. Daily Mail (1979) -- Herbert v. Lando (1979) -- Gannett v. DePasquale (1979) -- Snepp v. United States (1980) -- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court (1982) -- Press-Enterprise v. Superior court (1984) -- Waller v. Georgia (1984) -- Press-Enterprise v. Superior Court (1986) / William J. Brennan, Jr. -- The press and the courts ; 4. GOVERNMENT REGULATION. NBC v. United States (1943) -- Hannegan v. Esquire (1946) -- Lamont v. Postmaster General (1965) -- Rowan v. Post Office (1970) -- FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (1978) -- Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios (1984) -- Harper & Row v. Nation (1985) / William S. Paley -- Broadcast Journalism: at the crossroads of freedom / Martin Esslin -- American television: purveyor of daydreams ;
• 5. PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE MEDIA. Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC (1969) -- CBS v. Democratic National Committee (1973) -- Bigelow v. Virginia (1975) -- Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo (1974) -- CBS v. FCC (1981) ; 6. OBSCENITY DEFINED. Kingsley Books v. Brown (1957) -- Roth v. United States (1957) / The U.S. Commission on Obscenity and Pornography (1970) -- Recommendations / Robert Yoakum -- The great smut hunt ; 7. OBSCENITY REDEFINED. Bantam Books v. Sullivan (1963) -- Memoirs v. Massachusetts (1966) -- Ginzburg v. United States (1966) -- Ginsberg v. New York (1968) -- Stanley v. Georgia (1969) -- United States v. Reidel (1971) -- Miller v. California (1973) Young v. American Mini Theatres (1976) -- Renton v. Playtime (1986) / Burt Pines -- The obscenity quagmire ; 8. MOTION PICTURE CENSORSHIP. Burstyn v. Wilson (1952) -- Kingsley Pictures v. Regents (1959) -- Times Film Corp. v. Chicago (1961) -- Freedman v. Maryland (1965) -- Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton (1973) -- Jenkins v. Georgia (1974) -- Erznoznik v. Jacksonville (1975) / Louis Henkin -- Morals and the Constitution / Harry Clor -- Public morality and free expression ;
• 9. LIBEL. New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) -- Garrison v. Louisiana (1964) -- Curtis v. Butts (1967) -- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. (1974) -- Time, Inc. v. Firestone (1976) -- Hutchinson v. Proxmire (1979) -- Wolston v. Reader's Digest (1979) -- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union (1984) -- Philadelphia Newspapers v. hepps (1986) -- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby (1986) -- Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988) / Jerome Lawrence Merin -- Libel and the Supreme Court ; 10. RIGHT OF PRIVACY. Time, Inc. v. Hill (1967) -- Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Co. (1974) -- Zacchini v. Scripps Howard Broadcasting (1977) -- Florida Star v. B.J.F. (1989) / Donald L. Smith -- Privacy: the right that failed / Arthur r. Miller -- A right to know v. A right of privacy ; 11. TRIAL BY NEWSPAPER. Bridges v. California (1941) -- Irvin v. Doud (1961) -- Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966) -- Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia (1980) / Fred P. Graham -- "Gag" orders leave a quagmire / Reuven Frank -- The lawyer's adversary system ; 12. TRIAL BY TELEVISION. Rideau v. Louisiana (1963) -- Estes v. Texas (1965) -- Chandler v. Florida (1981) / Talbot D'Alemberte -- Let the sunshine in / George Gerbner -- Are we at the point of no return? / The Warren Commission Report (1964) -- Responsibility of news media ; APPENDICES. I. Amendments to the United States Constitution -- II. Justices of the United States Supreme Court -- III. Glossary of Major Legal Terms.

ISBN

0803893051 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^82006242^

OCLC

• 31900303
• SCSB-10306644

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library