Legal Opinion
Distribution Systems of America, Inc. v. Village of Old Westbury
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 30, 1994No. CV 91-5060 (ADS)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge:
Freedom of the press from government imposed prior restraints is a hard fought right of our democracy that the courts must guard with vigilance. As the esteemed commentator of the common law William Blackstone wrote in 1765, “[t]he liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published.” 4 W. Blackstone, Commentaries *151-152.
In the present case, the Court is presented with a constitutional challenge to an…
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