New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate	1964-01-06
gptkbp:citation	376 U.S. 254
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	1964-03-09
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:The_New_York_Times_Company
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:The_New_York_Times_Company_v._L._B._Sullivan
gptkbp:hasKeyword	gptkb:First_Amendment public figure press freedom libel actual malice
gptkbp:heldBy	Public officials must prove actual malice to win a libel suit
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
gptkbp:impact	expanded press protections set precedent for libel law
gptkbp:joinedBy	gptkb:Hugo_Black gptkb:Byron_White gptkb:William_O._Douglas gptkb:Arthur_Goldberg gptkb:Tom_C._Clark gptkb:Earl_Warren gptkb:Potter_Stewart gptkb:John_M._Harlan_II
gptkbp:legalCitation	376 U.S. 254 (1964)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:William_J._Brennan,_Jr.
gptkbp:overruledBy	Alabama libel law (as applied to public officials)
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:L._B._Sullivan
gptkbp:principle	actual malice standard
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Gertz_v._Robert_Welch,_Inc. gptkb:Curtis_Publishing_Co._v._Butts
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:First_Amendment government position freedom of the press defamation
gptkbp:unanimousDecision	true
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr. gptkb:First_Amendment
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5