Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission

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Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission is a landmark 1980 U.S. Supreme Court case that established a four-part test for determining the constitutionality of government restrictions on commercial speech under the First Amendment.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
commercial speech case ⓘ
landmark First Amendment case ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
arguedDate 1980-02-26 ⓘ
citation 447 U.S. 557 ⓘ
citedFor four-part test for commercial speech restrictions ⓘ
concurrenceBy John Paul Stevens ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted First Amendment free speech clause ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedYear 1980 ⓘ
decisionDate 1980-06-20 ⓘ
dissentBy John Paul Stevens ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
establishedTest Central Hudson test ⓘ
holding Restrictions on commercial speech are subject to intermediate scrutiny under a four-part test. ⓘ
The New York Public Service Commission’s ban on promotional advertising by an electric utility violated the First Amendment. ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Byron R. White ⓘ
Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
Potter Stewart ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
Warren E. Burger ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
languageOfProceeding English ⓘ
legalIssue First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
commercial speech ⓘ
government regulation of advertising ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
originatingCourt New York Court of Appeals ⓘ
page 557 ⓘ
petitioner Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation ⓘ
precedentFor subsequent commercial speech cases ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
respondent Public Service Commission of New York ⓘ
result Judgment of the New York Court of Appeals reversed. ⓘ
standardOfReview intermediate scrutiny ⓘ
stateInvolved New York ⓘ
subjectMatter energy conservation advertising restrictions ⓘ
regulation of utility advertising ⓘ
testPart Whether the asserted governmental interest is substantial. ⓘ
Whether the commercial speech concerns lawful activity and is not misleading. ⓘ
Whether the regulation directly advances the governmental interest asserted. ⓘ
Whether the regulation is not more extensive than necessary to serve that interest. ⓘ
volume 447 ⓘ

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