Valentine v. Chrestensen

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Valentine v. Chrestensen, 316 U.S. 52 was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that commercial speech is not protected under the First AmendmentThe case started when the respondent, F.J. Chrestensen violated a New York City municipal ordinance (
318 of the Sanitary Code) which prohibited distributing printed handbills in the streets bearing "commercial advertising matter." Chrestensen was using the handbills to promote his exhibit of a World War I submarine that was moored at a State pier in the East River and open for the public if they paid the stated admission fee.