New York Times V. Sullivan Civil Rights, Libel Law, and the Free Press

Name: New York Times V. Sullivan Civil Rights, Libel Law, and the Free Press
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ISBN: 9780700618033

ISBN-10: 0700618031

ISBN-13: 9780700618033

Edition: 2011

Authors: Kermit L. Hall, Melvin I. Urofsky

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Illuminating a classic case from the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s, two of America's foremost legal historians-Kermit Hall and Melvin Urofsky-provide a compact and highly readable updating of one of the most memorable decisions in the Supreme Court's canon. When the New York Times published an advertisement that accused Alabama officials of willfully abusing civil rights activists, Montgomery police commissioner Lester Sullivan filed suit for defamation. Alabama courts, citing factual errors in the ad, ordered the Times to pay half a million dollars in damages. The Times appealed to the Supreme Court, which had previously deferred to the states on libel issues. The justices,…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 9/6/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English