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Leathers Vs. Medlock

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 16, 1991

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  1. Cohen Vs. California US Supreme Court · Jun 07, 1971
  2. Speiser Vs. Randall US Supreme Court · Jun 30, 1958
  3. U.S. 439 (1991) U.S. Supreme Court Leathers v. Medlock
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  4. U.S. 439 (1991) Leathers v. Medlock
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  5. Amendment difficulties that have led this Court to strike down differential taxation of speakers. See, e.g., Grosjean v. American
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  6. Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota
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  7. Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland
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  8. the tax discriminates among media and discriminated for a time within a medium. Taken together, cases such as Regan v. Taxation
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  9. with Representation of Washington, 461 U. S. 540 , Mabee v. White
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  10. Plains Publishing Co., 327 U. S. 178 , and Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. Walling
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  11. of Act 769, holding that the Constitution does not prohibit the differential taxation of different media. Medlock v. Pledger
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  12. certiorari, 498 U.S. 809 (1990), in order to resolve the question, left open in Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland
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  13. See Los Angeles v. Preferred
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  14. a tax that discriminates among speakers is constitutionally suspect only in certain circumstances. In Grosjean v. American
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  15. type, and was therefore unconstitutional. Id. at 297 U. S. 250 . In Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota
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  16. Id. at 460 U. S. 592 . Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland
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  17. that a State may impose on the press a generally applicable tax. See Swaggart Ministries Page 499 U. S. 448 v. Board
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  18. Page 499 U. S. 450 ideas, violates the First Amendment. Our cases do not support such a rule. Regan v. Taxation
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  19. Id. at 461 U. S. 546 . For this proposition, we relied on Cammarano v. United
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  20. Id. at 358 U. S. 513 , quoting Speiser v. Randall
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  21. Regan, supra, 461 U.S. at 461 U. S. 547 . See also Madden v. Kentucky
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  22. New York Rapid Transit Corp. v. New
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  23. Magoun v. Illinois
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  24. burden on speakers is insufficient by itself to raise First Amendment concerns is evident as well from Mabee v. White
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  25. Plains Publishing Co., 327 U. S. 178 (1946), and Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. Walling
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  26. the tax power to discriminate against individual members of the media or against the media as a whole. See Grosjean v. American
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  27. Grosjean v. American
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  28. Los Angeles v. Preferred
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  29. FCC v. Midwest
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  30. Associated Press v. United
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  31. The majority, however, does not flinch at the prospect of intermedia discrimination. Purporting to draw on Regan v. Taxation
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  32. government's legitimate authority to tap the energy of expressive activity to promote the public welfare. See Buckley v. Valeo
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  33. that the unique characteristics of cable may justify special regulatory treatment of that medium. See Los Angeles v. Preferred
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  34. Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC
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  35. Regan v. Taxation
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  36. The majority's reliance on Mabee v. White
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  37. Arkansas tax scheme must be supported by a compelling interest to survive First Amendment scrutiny. Cf. United States v. O'Brien
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  38. U.S. Supreme Court Leathers v. Medlock
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  39. Grosjean v. American
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  40. Mabee v. White
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  41. and Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. Walling
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  42. Medlock v. Pledger
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  43. In Grosjean v. American
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  44. In Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota
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  45. Cammarano v. United
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  46. Madden v. Kentucky
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  47. See Grosjean v. American
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  48. See Buckley v. Valeo
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  49. Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC
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  50. Cf. United States v. O'Brien
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