Legal Opinion
Seattle Times Co. v. Rhinehart
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 21, 1984No. 82-1721PublishedCited by 1,783 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
This case presents the issue whether parties to civil litigation have a First Amendment right to disseminate, in advance of trial, information gained through the pretrial discovery process.
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Respondent Rhinehart is the spiritual leader of a religious group, the Aquarian Foundation. The Foundation has fewer than 1,000 members, most of whom live in the State of Washington. Aquarian beliefs include life after death and the ability to communicate with the dead through a medium. Rhinehart is the primary Aquarian medium.
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