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Mabee v. White Plains Publishing Co.  

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  • The Supreme Court decision in Mabee v. White Plains Publishing Co. , 327 U.S. 178 (1946), emphasized that First Amendment protections for freedom of the press, although they shield newspapers against special taxes or regulations designed to impede their mission, do not exempt them from general governmental regulations that apply to them as businesses. [Source: Encyclopedia of the First Amendment; Mabee v. White Plains Publishing Co. (1946)]

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  • 1946

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