Legal Opinion
Ocala Star-Banner Co. v. Damron
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 1971No. 118PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The Ocala Star-Banner Co., a petitioner in this case, publishes a small daily newspaper serving four counties in rural Florida. On April 18, 1966, the Star-Banner *296printed a story to the effect that the respondent, Leonard Damron, then the mayor of Crystal River in Citrus County and a candidate for the office of county tax assessor, had been charged in a federal court with perjury, and that his case had been held over until the following term of that court.1 This story was false. The respondent had not been charged with any crime in federal court, nor had any case involving him been held over,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. BreslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Raley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by137 opinions
- Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. ConnaughtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Bentley v. BuntonTexas Supreme Court · 2002
- Chapadeau v. Utica Observer-Dispatch, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Brown v. HartlageSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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