Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate 1974-04-16
gptkbp:citation gptkb:418_U.S._241
gptkbp:date 1974-06-12
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Pat_Tornillo
gptkbp:docketNumber 73-797
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Miami_Herald_Publishing_Company,_Appellant,_v._Pat_Tornillo,_Appellee
gptkbp:heldBy A Florida statute requiring newspapers to provide a right of reply to political candidates was unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
freedom of the press
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
gptkbp:overruledBy Florida right of reply statute
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Miami_Herald_Publishing_Company
gptkbp:predecessor editorial autonomy of newspapers
limits on government regulation of press content
gptkbp:relatedTo freedom of speech
media law
press regulation
gptkbp:unanimousDecision true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Amendment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5