Curtis Publishing Company v. Butts

Curtis Publishing Company v. Butts (1967)
the Supreme Court of the United States

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Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts, 388 U.S. 130 (1967), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States established the standard of First Amendment protection against defamation claims brought by private individuals. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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388 U.S. 130

Curtis Publishing Company v. Butts

Argued: Feb. 23, 1967. --- Decided: June 12, 1967

See 88 S.Ct. 11, 13.

-No. 37:

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Herbert Wechsler, New York City, for petitioner.

Allen E. Lockerman and William H. Schroder, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent.

No. 150:

William P. Rogers, New York City, for petitioner.

Clyde J. Watts, Oklahoma City, Okl., for respondent.

Mr. Justice HARLAN announced the judgments of the Court and delivered an opinion in which Mr. Justice CLARK, Mr. Justice STEWART, and Mr. Justice FORTAS join. ^[1]

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↑ Five members of the Court, while concurring in the result reached in No. 150, would rest decision on grounds other than those stated in this opinion. See separate opinions of THE CHIEF JUSTICE (post, p. 162), of Mr. Justice BLACK (post, p. 170), and of Mr. Justice BRENNAN (post, p. 172).

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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[ref**-1] Five members of the Court, while concurring in the result reached in No. 150, would rest decision on grounds other than those stated in this opinion. See separate opinions of THE CHIEF JUSTICE (post, p. 162), of Mr. Justice BLACK (post, p. 170), and of Mr. Justice BRENNAN (post, p. 172).

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