Legal Opinion
Southern New Jersey Newspapers, Inc. v. State
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided January 29, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-174, 81-175PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROTMAN, District Judge.
In this case, the court is faced with a confrontation between a newspaper’s exercise of its First Amendment rights and a state’s exercise of its police power. Plaintiff Southern New Jersey Newspapers, Inc., and plaintiff Woodbury Daily Times Company, Inc., contemporaneously instituted civil rights actions seeking injunctive and declaratory relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 1 and 28 U.S.C. § 2201, 2 respectively. Through these actions, plaintiffs have sought to prevent defendants from relying on and applying N.J.S.A. 27:7A-11 et seq. 3 and N.J.S.A. 27:5-1 et seq. 4 to…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by21 opinions
- The Miami Herald Publishing Co., Cross v. City of Hallandale, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Sentinel Communications Co. v. WattsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Providence Journal Co. v. City of NewportDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1987
- Chicago Newspaper Publishers Ass'n v. City of WheatonDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
- Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. v. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
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