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Near V. Minnesota
''Near v. Minnesota'', 283 U.S. 697 (1931), was a List of landmark court decisions in the United States, landmark decision of the US Supreme Court under which prior restraint on publication was found to violate Freedom of the press in the United States, freedom of the press as protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, First Amendment. This principle was applied to free speech generally in subsequent jurisprudence. The Court ruled that a Minnesota law that targeted publishers of "Malice (legal term), malicious" or "scandalous" newspapers violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution (as Incorporation (Bill of Rights), applied through the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment). Legal scholar and columnist Anthony Lewis called ''Near'' the Court's "first great press case". It was later a key precedent in ''New York Times Co. v. United States'' (1971), in which the Court ruled against the Presidency of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ex Rel
''Ex rel.'' is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase "''ex relatione'' (meaning "[arising] out of the relation/narration [of the relator]" ). The term is a legal phrase; the legal citation guide, the ''Bluebook'', describes ''ex rel.'' as a "procedural phrase" and requires using it to abbreviate "on the relation of", "for the use of", "on behalf of", and similar expressions. It is most commonly used when a government brings a cause of action upon the request of a private party who has some interest in the matter. The private party is called the ''Relator (law), relator'' in such a case. The government acts on the basis of the narration or recounting (Latin ''relatione'') of the alleged facts by the relator. Governments typically accept applications and commence litigation for ''ex rel.'' actions only if the interest advanced by the private party is similar to the interest of the government. New York (state), New York has a "Forest Preserve (New York), forever wild" constitutional a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |