Minnesota censorship resource

Citing from U.S. v Pryba, 900 F.2d 748 @ 754 In RE: Protected Speech Near v. Minnesota, 283 U.S. 697, 51 S.Ct. 625, 75 L.Ed2d 1357 (1931)

In 1925, Minnesota passed a statute to abate, as a public nuisance, the publication of malicious, scandalous and defamatory newspapers, magazines and other periodicals. The law provided that there was available the defense that the truth was published "with good motives and for justifiable ends." Under the law, the County Attorney where the periodical was published or the State Attorney General, upon failure of the County Attorney to proceed, or a private citizen in the name of the state, upon failure of both the County Attorney and the Attorney General to proceed, could commence an action to perpetually enjoin the person committing or maintaining such nuisance from further committing or maintaining it. Near published "The Saturday Press." This publication contained articles stating that certain citizens, law enforcement officers and members of the County Grand Jury were turning a blind eye to gambling, bootlegging and racketeering in Minneapolis. The state court found that the publication was "largely devoted to malicious, scandalous and defamatory articles" within the meaning of the statute. It was held to be a public nuisance. The judgment perpetually enjoined Near from producing, editing, publishing, circulating, having in his possession, selling or giving away any publication which was malicious, scandalous or defamatory, and from conducting a business under the name of The Saturday Press or any other name. The Supreme Court struck down the statute and found it to be "the essence of censorship." Id. at 713, 51 S. Ct. @ 630. Near involved a clear case of both censorship and prior restraint of publications containing news and comment on the news.