Claim

Claim 122

The Court found the Minnesota statute's real effect was not to punish one defamatory issue but to place the publisher under an ongoing system of censorship.

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

Statement: The Court found the Minnesota statute's real effect was not to punish one defamatory issue but to place the publisher under an ongoing system of censorship.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Statute put publisher under censorship
About: incident 1931-us-near-v-minnesota-gag-law
Source: Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931) archived copy
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

The statute not only operates to suppress the offending newspaper or periodical, but to put the publisher under an effective censorship.