Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland
| Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland | |
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| 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. | |
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| 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]
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