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Case Study: Zurcher V. Stanford Daily 436 US
Cristina Piccariello
COMS 400-01
April 16th, 2013
COMS 400
Zurcher v. Stanford Daily 436 U.S. 547 (1978)

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The Stanford Daily, the respondent sought to enjoin Zurcher, the petitioner for abridging the newspaper’s constitutional right of possessing photographs and a report on a demonstration at a hospital. A warrant was issued from Zurcher to search The Stanford Daily for the demonstration photos based on probably cause. The paper then filed a suit claiming the warrants were unconstitutional by right of the First and Fourth Amendments of the Constitution.
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Do the same standards for issuing a warrant apply to the First Amendment freedom of the press, even though they are not suspected of any criminal activity?
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