Home > Great American Court Cases > 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island

Legal Citation: 517 U.S. 484 (1996)

Petitioner
44 Liquormart, Inc., et al.

Respondent
State of Rhode Island, et al.

Petitioner's Claim
That a Rhode Island law prohibiting liquor retailers from advertising truthful information about liquor prices violated the liquor retailers' freedom of speech under the First Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Evan T. Lawson

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Rebecca T. Partington

Justices for the Court
Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens (writing for the Court), Clarence Thomas

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
13 May 1996

Decision
That Rhode Island's complete ban on advertising...