MC 401 – Final Exam – 2026 – Study Guide and Practice
Material
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - correct answer ✔✔ Chaplinsky called a marshal a "********ed
racketeer" and " a damned fascist" in a public place and was convicted for breach of the peace.
(state law)
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - correct answer ✔✔ Ruling= not all expressions contains ideas.
Advertising - correct answer ✔✔ probably most regulated form of speech and press.
Commercial Speech - correct answer ✔✔ speech that does "no more than propose a
commercial transaction."
Commercial Speech - correct answer ✔✔ expression that is solely motivated by the desire of
profit.
Advertising Regulation 1914 - correct answer ✔✔ False advertising claims force the federal
trade commission to begin regulating advertisement.
Puffery Ads - correct answer ✔✔ Not considered deceptive.
ex. Coors Light -"Cold as the Rockies"
Valentine v. Cherstensen (1942) - correct answer ✔✔ Cherstensen distributed handbills
advertising tours of his WW1 submarine in NY East River.
-NYC had a litter law for handbills
-NYC Commissioner, Valentine, stopped Cherstensen.
, -handbills only for information or public protest.
Valentine v. Cherstensen (1942) - correct answer ✔✔ Chertensen removed price from ad and
printed protest on reverse side.
Valentine v. Cherstensen (1942) - correct answer ✔✔ Chertensen won- Valentine appealed.
constitution imposes no such restraint in purely commercial advertising.
Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations - correct answer ✔✔ -
Pittsburgh had an ordinance forbidding employment discrimination.
-court ruled that the ordinance did not violate paper's 1st. Amendment rights. per Valentine v.
Cherstensen.
Bigelow v. Virginia - correct answer ✔✔ -Virginia weekly ran an ad for an organization that
referred woman to clinics and hospitals
-The papers managing editor, Bigelow, was charged prohibited ads for abortion referral.
-Some commercial advertising has a degree of protection.
Virginia State Board Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council. - correct answer ✔✔ -
Virginia statue forbade licensed pharmacists from advertising prescription drug prices.
-"free flow of economic information is indispensable".
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission - correct answer ✔✔ -NY
public service commission enacted a regulation, prohibited utility companies from promotional
advertising.
-PSC argued that it had interest in conserving energy.
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission - correct answer ✔✔ -Central
Hudson Gas & Electric challenged ban.
Material
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - correct answer ✔✔ Chaplinsky called a marshal a "********ed
racketeer" and " a damned fascist" in a public place and was convicted for breach of the peace.
(state law)
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - correct answer ✔✔ Ruling= not all expressions contains ideas.
Advertising - correct answer ✔✔ probably most regulated form of speech and press.
Commercial Speech - correct answer ✔✔ speech that does "no more than propose a
commercial transaction."
Commercial Speech - correct answer ✔✔ expression that is solely motivated by the desire of
profit.
Advertising Regulation 1914 - correct answer ✔✔ False advertising claims force the federal
trade commission to begin regulating advertisement.
Puffery Ads - correct answer ✔✔ Not considered deceptive.
ex. Coors Light -"Cold as the Rockies"
Valentine v. Cherstensen (1942) - correct answer ✔✔ Cherstensen distributed handbills
advertising tours of his WW1 submarine in NY East River.
-NYC had a litter law for handbills
-NYC Commissioner, Valentine, stopped Cherstensen.
, -handbills only for information or public protest.
Valentine v. Cherstensen (1942) - correct answer ✔✔ Chertensen removed price from ad and
printed protest on reverse side.
Valentine v. Cherstensen (1942) - correct answer ✔✔ Chertensen won- Valentine appealed.
constitution imposes no such restraint in purely commercial advertising.
Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations - correct answer ✔✔ -
Pittsburgh had an ordinance forbidding employment discrimination.
-court ruled that the ordinance did not violate paper's 1st. Amendment rights. per Valentine v.
Cherstensen.
Bigelow v. Virginia - correct answer ✔✔ -Virginia weekly ran an ad for an organization that
referred woman to clinics and hospitals
-The papers managing editor, Bigelow, was charged prohibited ads for abortion referral.
-Some commercial advertising has a degree of protection.
Virginia State Board Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council. - correct answer ✔✔ -
Virginia statue forbade licensed pharmacists from advertising prescription drug prices.
-"free flow of economic information is indispensable".
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission - correct answer ✔✔ -NY
public service commission enacted a regulation, prohibited utility companies from promotional
advertising.
-PSC argued that it had interest in conserving energy.
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission - correct answer ✔✔ -Central
Hudson Gas & Electric challenged ban.
