Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland

Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 22, 1987
Full case name	Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland
Citations	481 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
Majority	Marshall
Concurrence	Stevens
Dissent	Scalia, 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.

External links

• Text of Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland, 481 U.S. 221(1987) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia

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