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)
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.