Grosjean vs. American Press Co., Inc., 297 U.S. 233, February 10, 1936 Grosjean vs. American Press Co., Inc. 297 U.S. 233, February 10, 1936

The case of Grosjean vs. American Press Co., Inc., 297 U.S. 233, February 10, 1936, involved a Louisiana law that imposed on publishing companies a license tax of 2% of the gross receipts for the privilege of engaging in advertising in newspapers, magazines or periodicals if their circulation is more than 20,000 copies per week. Nine Louisiana-based publishers of newspapers, with circulations of more than 20,000 copies per week each, filed a suit to enjoin the enforcement against them of the said provision. They assailed the validity of the act on the ground, inter alia, that it abridges the freedom of the press in contravention of the due process clause contained in the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.