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Powell creates Central Hudson test expanding corporate commercial speech rights

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Justice Lewis Powell delivers 8-1 majority opinion in Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission of New York (447 U.S. 557), striking down New York ban on utility promotional advertising and establishing four-part “Central Hudson test” for commercial speech …

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Powell Authors Central Hudson Test Expanding Corporate Commercial Speech Protection

| Importance: 9/10

Justice Powell delivers the Supreme Court majority opinion in Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission, establishing the landmark four-part test for commercial speech protection under the First Amendment. The decision strikes down New York’s utility advertising …

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