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Oct 22, 2021 · Next Friday, the United States Supreme Court is scheduled to meet to consider whether to hear appeals from two libel cases in which the plaintiffs seek to persuade the justices to reconsider...
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that the freedom of speech protections in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution restrict the ability of public officials to sue for defamation.
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Aug 6, 2023 · The landmark New York Times v. Sullivan case led to new protections against publishers who, in their criticism of government, are sued by government officials for libel. The New York Times was sued by the Montgomery, Alabama, city commissioner for errors in a civil rights advertisement.
A case in which the Court held that a criminal libel statute can only apply to statements that were made knowing they were false or made with reckless disregard as to their falsity.
Oct 10, 2023 · The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to revisit the landmark First Amendment decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, rebuffing a request to take another look at decades-old precedent that...
Jun 27, 2022 · The Supreme Court has denied a petition to reconsider the libel standard set in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in a case involving a ministry that sued the Southern Poverty Law Center over a...
