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Majority Opinion
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Breyer (delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Part III) |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Kennedy, J. (dissenting as to section 10 (a)) (joined by Ginsberg, J.), & Thomas, J. (dissenting as to section 10 (b)) (joined by Rehnquist. & Scalia), & O'Connor & Thomas (dissenting as to section 10 (c)) (joining Thomas' dissent: Rehnquist & Scalia) |
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Oral Arguments
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Fiss, Owen, "The Censorship of Television," in Bollinger, Lee & Stone, Geoffrey, ETERNALLY VIGILANT: FREE SPEECH IN A MODERN ERA (2002), pp. 256-283
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Zuckerman, Harvey, Corn-Revere, Robert et al, MODERN COMMUNICATIONS LAW (1999), sect. 2.3.2
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