# 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](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

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

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