Posadas de Puerto Rico Associates, dba Condado Holiday Inn v. Tourism Company of Puerto Rico (1985)

Docket
84-1903
Decided
1985-01-01

Summary

Question: Did the law violate the First Amendment? Conclusion: No. The Court held that the Act passed the constitutional test for restrictions on commercial speech. Justice Rehnquist argued that Puerto Rico's desire to protect the "health, safety, and welfare of its citizens" by attempting to isolate them from casino advertising served a "substantial government interest." The law was clearly drawn and directly related to the government's goal of minimizing the ill effects, such as prostitution and crime, that gambling cultivates in local communities.

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