Saia v. New York

Saia v. New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 30, 1948
Decided June 7, 1948
Full case nameSaia v. New York
Citations334 U.S. 558 (more)
68 S. Ct. 1148; 92 L. Ed. 1574; 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2086
Case history
PriorPeople v. Saia, 297 N.Y. 659, 76 N.E.2d 323 (1947); probable jurisdiction noted, 68 S. Ct. 454 (1948).
Holding
New York's law prohibiting the use of sound amplification devices without consent from the chief of police is an unconstitutional prior restraint on speech.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy · Robert H. Jackson
Wiley B. Rutledge · Harold H. Burton
Case opinions
MajorityDouglas, joined by Vinson, Black, Murphy, Rutledge
DissentFrankfurter, joined by Reed, Burton
DissentJackson
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV
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Saia v. New York, 334 U.S. 558 (1948), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that an ordinance which prohibited the use of sound amplification devices except with permission of the Chief of Police was unconstitutional on its face because it established a prior restraint on the right of free speech in violation of the First Amendment.[1]

  1. ^ Saia v. New York, 334 U.S. 558 (1948).