On Liberty, John Stuart Mill, 1859
Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of freedom of speech cases. It is intended only as a brief guide to some of the most significant decisions.
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919)
Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919)
Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 62 (1925)
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853 (1982)
Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986)
Hazelwood Schol District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988)
McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
Reno v. ACLU, 521 U.S. 844 (1997)
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
Ashcroft v. ACLU, 542 U.S. 656 (2004)
Morse v. Frederick, 551 U.S. 393 (2007)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. __ (2010)
Online Resources
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Free Expression Policy Project
Free Speech, American Civil Liberties Union
Freedom of Speech Research Articles and Overview, First Amendment Center
National Coalition Against Censorship
Books
This is a very small sampling of the library's holdings on freedom of the press. To find more books and ebooks, just search the library catalog using the subject term "freedom of speech", or ask a reference librarian for help.
Ackerman, Alan L., Just words: Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy, and the failure of public conversation in America, Yale University Press (2011)
Collins, Ronald K., We must not be afraid to be free: stories of free expression in America, Oxford University Press (2011)
DelFattore, Joan, Knowledge in the making: academic freedom and free speech in America's schools and universities, Yale University Press (2010)
Foster, James C., BONG HiTS 4 JESUS: a perfect constitutional storm in Alaska's capital, University of Alaska Press (2010)
Healy, Thomas, The great dissent: how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind--and changed the history of free speech in America, Henry Holt & Co. (2013)
Lewis, Anthony, Freedom for the thought that we hate: a biography of the First Amendment, Basic Books (2007)
Maitra, Ishani, Speech and harm: controversies over free speech, Oxford University Press (2012)
O'Brien, David M., Congress shall make no law: the First Amendment, unprotected expression, and the Supreme Court, Rowman & Littlefield (2010)
Piety, Tamara R., Brandishing the First Amendment: commercial expression in America, University of Michigan Press (2012)
Pinaire, Brian K., The constitution of electoral speech law: the Supreme Court and freedom of expression in campaigns and elections, Stanford Law Books (2008)
Post, Robert, Democracy, expertise, and academic freedom: a First Amendment jurisprudence for the modern state, Yale University Press (2012)
Powers, Elizabeth, Freedom of speech: the history of an idea, Bucknell University Press (2011)
Redish, Martin H., The adversary First Amendment: free expression and the foundations of American democracy, Stanford Law Books (2013)
Rudanko, Martti Juhani, Discourses of freedom of speech: from the enactment of the Bill of Rights to the Sedition Act of 1918, Palgrave MacMillan (2012)
Zick, Timothy, Speech out of doors: preserving First Amendment liberties in public places, Cambridge University Press (2009)