What is the test for First Amendment right to access "information of potential interest and value"?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 164 Cal.Rptr. 510, 26 Cal.3d 848, 610 P.2d 407 (Cal. 1980):

2 It is well-settled that the right to receive "information of potential interest and value" is protected by the First Amendment. (Bigelow v. Virginia, supra, 421 U.S. 809, 822, 95 S.Ct. 2222, 2232, 44 L.Ed.2d 600; see also, Stanley v. Georgia (1969) 394 U.S. 557, 564, 89 S.Ct. 1243, 1247, 22 L.Ed.2d 542.)

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