# Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697 (1931)

Justia US Supreme Court Center, 1931-06-01

- Address: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/283/697/
- Kind: court record
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [United States Supreme Court strikes down a Minnesota law used to shut a newspaper](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1931-us-near-v-minnesota-gag-law)
- [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.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/120)
- [Claim 121: The Court said the central purpose of the free-press guarantee was to stop government from restraining publication in advance, while leaving a publisher open to being sued for libel afterward.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/121)
- [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.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/122)

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