commercial speech is entitled to protection of US constitution
425 U.S. 748
No. 74-895 Argued: November 11, 1975 --- Decided: May 24, 1976
Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Appellees, as consumers of prescripttion drugs, brought suit against the Virginia State Board of Pharmacy and its individual members, appellants herein, challenging the validity under the First and Fourteenth Amendments of a Virginia statute declaring it unprofessional conduct for a licensed pharmacist to advertise the prices of prescripttion drugs. A three-judge District Court declared the statute void and enjoined appellants from enforcing it.
Held:
