The 1979 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court established that it is extraordinarily difficult for the state to punish the publication of lawfully acquired truthful information of public significance.

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The 1979 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court established that it is extraordinarily difficult for the state to punish the publication of lawfully acquired truthful information of public significance is Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Co. In this case, the newspaper published the name of a juvenile who had been charged as an adult for a shooting in a school. The Supreme Court ruled that the state could not punish the publication of truthful information lawfully obtained from public records because it would violate the First Amendment.

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