Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland

Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 22, 1987
Full case nameArkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland
Citations481 U.S. 221 (more)
Holding
A sales-tax scheme that taxes general interest magazines, but exempts newspapers and religious, professional, trade, and sports journals, violates the First Amendment's freedom of the press guarantee.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · John P. Stevens
Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin Scalia
Case opinions
MajorityMarshall
ConcurrenceStevens
DissentScalia, joined by Rehnquist

Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland, 481 U.S. 221 (1987), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that a sales-tax scheme that taxes general interest magazines, but exempts newspapers and religious, professional, trade, and sports journals, violates the First Amendment's freedom of the press guarantee.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland, 481 U.S. 221 (1987).
  2. ^ Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Penalty-Subsidy Distinction". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 344.

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