Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp.
Significance, Teaching Americans To Use Condoms, Political Speech And Commercial Speech, When The Government May Regulate Commercial Speech
Appellant
The United States Postal Service
Appellee
Youngs Drug Products Corporation
Appellant's Claim
The postal service should be allowed to ban the mailing of unsolicited advertisements about condoms.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
David A. Strauss
Chief Lawyers for Appellee
Jerold S. Solovy, Robert L. Graham, Laura A. Kaster
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, Thurgood Marshall (writing for the Court), Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
None (William J. Brennan, Jr., did not participate)
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
24 June 1983
Decision
The postal service could not ban unsolicited advertisements for contraceptives.
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Further Readings
- Gartner, Michael. Advertising and the First Amendment. New York: Priority Press, 1989.
- Hemmer, Joseph. The Supreme Court and the First Amendment. New York: Praeger, 1986.
- Middleton, Kent. The Law of Public Communication. White Plains, New York: Longman, 1988.
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