Legal Opinion
Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. Bresler
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 18, 1970No. 413PublishedCited by 751 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The petitioners are the publishers of a small weekly-newspaper, the Greenbelt News Review, in the city of Greenbelt, Maryland. The respondent Bresler is a prominent local real estate developer and builder in Greenbelt, and was, during the period in question, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from a neighboring district. In the autumn of 1965 Bresler was engaged in negotiations with the Greenbelt City Council to obtain certain zoning variances that would allow the construction of high-density housing on land owned by him. At the same time the city was attempting to acquire another…
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