New York Times Co. v. Sullivan - Wikipedia
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OverviewBackgroundDecisionInternational comparisons50th anniversaryLater developmentsFurther developmentsSee alsoNew York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution's freedom of speech protections limit the ability of American public officials to sue for defamation. The decision held that if a plaintiff in a defamation lawsuit is a public official or candidate for public office, not only must they prove the normal elements of defamation—publication of a false defamatory statement to a third party… Full case name: The New York Times Company v. L. B. Sullivan Concurrence: Black, joined by Douglas Majority: Brennan, joined by Warren, Clark, Harlan, Stewart, White
Full case name: The New York Times Company v. L. B. Sullivan
Concurrence: Black, joined by Douglas
Majority: Brennan, joined by Warren, Clark, Harlan, Stewart, White
DA: 47 PA: 57 MOZ Rank: 61