# Claim 120

The Supreme Court held that letting officials bring a newspaper's publisher before a judge on a charge of publishing scandalous material was itself a form of censorship.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: The Supreme Court held that letting officials bring a newspaper's publisher before a judge on a charge of publishing scandalous material was itself a form of censorship.
- Field: action
- Value: Law treated as censorship
- About: [incident 1931-us-near-v-minnesota-gag-law](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1931-us-near-v-minnesota-gag-law)
- Source: Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931). https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/283/697/
- Publisher: Justia US Supreme Court Center
- Method: court record
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 1931-06-01

## Quotation from the source

> This is of the essence of censorship.

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