Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart

Section 209 of the California Penal Code was nicknamed the "Little Lindbergh Law." It was California's version of the Federal Kidnapping Act of 1932, better known as the Lindbergh Law.

The Lindbergh Law, of course, was named after Charles A. Lindbergh, famous for his pioneering solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927. Thereafter Lindbergh enjoyed a degree of admiration and notoriety. When tragedy struck Lindbergh, the world took notice. Charles, Jr., son of Lindbergh and his wife Anne, was kidnapped and murdered in 1932. Bruno Hauptmann was later caught, convicted, and executed for the crime, but the trial was such a media circus that cameras were banned from courtrooms, a prohibition that would last until the 1970s.