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Zurcher v. Stanford Daily

United States Supreme Court

463 U.S. 547 (1978)

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As in the companion proceedings, the Stanford Daily's photographs of a violent police confrontation were sought via a search warrant executed at the newspaper's offices, raising First Amendment concerns about press searches.

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Whether issuing a search warrant for a newspaper's office, when the search could instead be conducted via subpoena, violates the First Amendment.

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