Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation	418 U.S. 323
gptkbp:date	1974-06-25
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Byron_White gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall gptkb:William_O._Douglas gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkbp:heldBy	States may set their own standards of liability for defamation of private individuals, but may not permit recovery of presumed or punitive damages without a showing of actual malice.
gptkbp:legalSubject	gptkb:First_Amendment defamation
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:William_O._Douglas gptkb:Warren_E._Burger gptkb:Potter_Stewart gptkb:William_J._Brennan,_Jr. gptkb:Harry_Blackmun gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell,_Jr.
gptkbp:overruledBy	gptkb:Rosenbloom_v._Metromedia,_Inc.
gptkbp:petitioner	gptkb:Elmer_Gertz
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan gptkb:Curtis_Publishing_Co._v._Butts
gptkbp:response	gptkb:Robert_Welch,_Inc.
gptkbp:subject	freedom of the press libel law
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.