City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc.

Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc., 507 U.S. 410 (1993), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a ban by the city of Cincinnati on the distribution of commercial material via news racks violated the First Amendment.

Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 9, 1992 Decided March 24, 1993
Full case name	City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network
Citations	507 U.S. 410 (more) 113 S. Ct. 1505; 123 L. Ed. 2d 99; 1993 U.S. LEXIS 2401
Argument	Oral argument
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Holding
A ban by the city of Cincinnati on the distribution of commercial material via news racks violated the First Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority	Stevens, joined by Blackmun, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter
Concurrence	Blackmun
Dissent	Rehnquist, joined by White, Thomas
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 507
• Coates v. Cincinnati

External links

• Text of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc., 507 U.S. 410 (1993) is available from: Cornell CourtListener Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)