''Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc.'', 507 U.S. 410 (1993), was a case in which the
Supreme Court of the United States
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held that a ban by the city of
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
on the distribution of commercial material via news racks violated the
First Amendment
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.
[ ("Cincinnati's categorical ban on the distribution, via newsrack, of 'commercial handbills' cannot be squared with the dictates of the First Amendment.")]
See also
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 507
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Coates v. Cincinnati
''Coates v. City of Cincinnati'', 402 U.S. 611 (1971), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a local city ordinance that made it a criminal offense for three or more persons to assemble on a sidewalk and “annoy” any ...
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1993 in United States case law
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History of Cincinnati
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