New York Times v. Sullivan : civil rights, libel law, and the free press /
When the New York Times published an advertisement that accused Alabama officials of willfully abusing civil rights activists, Montgomery police commissioner Lester Sullivan filed suit for defamation. Alabama courts, citing factual errors in the ad, ordered the Times to pay half a million dollars in...
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Lawrence, Kan. :
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c2011
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Series: | Landmark law cases & American society
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KF228.N497 .H35 2011
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