New York Times v. Sullivan: List 2

On March 29, 1960, The New York Times ran an ad to defend Martin Luther King Jr. from an Alabama perjury indictment. To solicit funds, the ad included details of police actions against participants in a civil rights demonstration. In response, Montgomery Commissioner L.B. Sullivan filed a libel suit. The Supreme Court ruled that, unless the public figure can prove actual malice, the First Amendment protects the freedom of the press. The unanimous opinion was written by Justice William Brennan. Read the full text here.

This list covers vocabulary in paragraphs 23-36 of the opinion.

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