Legal Opinion
Rhode Island Liquor Stores Ass'n v. Evening Call Pub. Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided August 26, 1985No. 84-566-APublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
This is an appeal from a Superior Court judgment upholding the constitutionality of G.L. 1956 (1976 Reenactment) § 3-8-8.1, which essentially prohibits the Rhode Island media from publishing any liquor-price information.1 At issue, for the second time *333this term,2 is the question of whether a state statute prohibiting dissemination of liquor-price information violates the Federal Constitution.
The facts of this case are not in dispute, the parties having previously consented to have the trial justice pass on the constitutionality of § 3-8-8.1 upon an agreed statement of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San DiegoSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- California v. LaRueSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Chiropractors for Justice v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1995
- S & S Liquor Mart, Inc. v. PastoreSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1985
- 44 Liquor Mart, Inc. v. RacineDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1993
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