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Action

Reversed. Petitioning party received a favorable disposition.

Importance of Case

This was the first case wherein the Court declared a federal law unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. It was also the first case in which the Court used the precise pharse "marketplace of ideas." (Compare Abrams v. US: "competition of the market")