Legal Opinion
Regan v. Time, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 3, 1984No. 82-729PublishedCited by 493 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice White
The Constitution expressly empowers Congress to “provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States.” U. S. Const., Art. I, §8, cl. 6. Pursuant to that authority, Congress enacted two statutes that together restrict the use of photographic reproductions of currency. 18 U. S. C. §474, ¶ 6, and 18 U. S. C. § 504. The Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York held that those two statutes violate the First Amendment. Appellants ask us to overturn that judgment.
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Title 18 U. S. C. § 474 was enacted during the Civil War to combat the…
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