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New York Times v. Sullivan
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Respondent's complaint alleged that he had been libeled by statements in a full-page advertisement that was carried in the New York Times on March 29, 1960. [note 1] Entitled "Heed Their Rising Voices," the advertisement began by stating that, "As the whole world knows by now, thousands of Southern Negro students are...
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Decided together with Abernathy v. Sullivan, this case concerns a full-page ad in the New York Times which alleged that the arrest of the Rev. The Oyez Project, New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1963/1963_39/> (last visited Friday, October 24, 2008).
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New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (No. 39) 273 Ala. 656, 144 So.2d 25, reversed and remanded.
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All this changed with the landmark case of New York Times v Sullivan, a case whose importance it would be hard to overestimate. In New York Times v Sullivan a unanimous Supreme Court overturns an Alabama jury award of $500...
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Encyclopedia: New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
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In New York Times v. Sullivan, supra, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the existing common law of defamation violated the guarantee of free speech under the First Amendment of the Constitution. See, for example, R. A. Epstein, "Was New York Times v. Sullivan Wrong?" (1986), 53 U. Chi. L. Rev. 782, at p. 787;
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New York Times v. Sullivan 376 U.S. 254 (1964) Author: Philip M. Smith...
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New York Times Co. v. Sullivan United States Supreme Court 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
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New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964) (USSC+) [Freedom of Press - Defamation]
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