Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission
- Decided
- June 20, 1980
- Docket
- 79-565
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 2,526 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- recognizing that the First Amendment affords protection to commercial speakers and that government may only infringe on those rights in limited circumstances — Staley v. Jones (2000)
- holding that “[f]or commercial speech to come within [the First Amendment], it at least must concern lawful activity and not be misleading” — Texas Department of Insurance and Cassie Brown, in Her Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance v. Stonewater Roofing, Ltd. Co. (2024)
- holding that the government may restrict or prohibit certain commercial speech if the governmental interest in regulating the speech is substantial — Spring House Commercial, LLC v. City of Richmond, Kentucky (2022)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Me. Justice Powell delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case presents the question whether a regulation of the Public Service Commission of the State of New York violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments because it completely bans promotional advertising by an electrical utility.
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Cite this
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission, 447 U.S. 557 (1980)Read the full opinion
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