Laws that prohibit the sale, distribution, and advertisement of child pornography are constitutional even if the content does not meet the conditions necessary for it to be labeled obscene. Decided July 2, 1982 (argued April 27, 1982). Opinion of the Court: Byron White → go there Applied: the First Amendment → go there Topic: Freedom of speech and of the press. New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747 (1982), is a landmark decision of the U.S Supreme Court, unanimously ruling that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution did not protect the sale or manufacture of child sexual abuse material and that states could outlaw it. Wiki link