Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1979-06-26

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Mr. Chief Justice Burger delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari to consider whether a West Virginia statute violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution by making it a crime for a newspaper to publish, without the written approval of the juvenile court, the name of any youth charged as a juvenile offender. (1) The challe…

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