Those frail precedents of three-judge panels

Those frail precedents of three-judge panels

Stage performer Karen Finley, the New York Times, the Stanford University student newspaper and Kitty Kat Lounge dancers were all recent free-speech litigants. All 4 secured a speech right before a 3-judge panel of the US court of appeals only to have that right nullified by the US Supreme Court. Th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Communications and the law 1999-03, Vol.21 (1), p.1
1. Verfasser: Hale, F. Dennis
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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American history
Appellate courts
Courts of appeals
District courts
Federal court decisions
Finley, Karen
First Amendment-US
Freedom of speech
Judges & magistrates
Judicial review
Media coverage
Practice
Speeches
State court decisions
Supreme Court decisions
Trials
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Zusammenfassung:Stage performer Karen Finley, the New York Times, the Stanford University student newspaper and Kitty Kat Lounge dancers were all recent free-speech litigants. All 4 secured a speech right before a 3-judge panel of the US court of appeals only to have that right nullified by the US Supreme Court. The lesson for First Amendment observers and for free speech advocates is: Interpret court of appeals decisions as tentative and qualified victories, and do not take them too seriously.
ISSN:0162-9093