purely commercial advertising
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 316 U.S. 52 - Valentine v. Chrestensen · 1942Most cited · 810 citing opinions
the Constitution imposes no such restraint on government as respects purely commercial advertising. Whether, and to what extent, one may promote or pursue a gainful occupation in the streets, to what extent such activity shall be adjudged a derogation of the public right of user, are matters for legislative judgment.
How often courts cite the case defining “purely commercial advertising”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “purely commercial advertising” — 809 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.