Supreme Court of the United States

Sorrell v. Ims Health Inc.

June 23, 2011131 S. Ct. 2653

Summary

Vermont's Prescription Confidentiality Law restricting sale and use of prescriber-identifying data for marketing violated the First Amendment. The Court held the law imposed content- and speaker-based restrictions subject to heightened scrutiny, which it failed. Justices Breyer, Ginsburg, and Kagan dissented.