Legal Opinion
St. Amant v. Thompson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 10, 1968No. 517PublishedCited by 1,974 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The question presented by this case is whether the Louisiana Supreme Court, in sustaining a judgment for damages in a public official’s defamation action, correctly interpreted and applied the rule of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U. S. 254 (1964), that the plaintiff in such an action must prove that the defamatory publication “was made with ‘actual malice’ — that is, with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.” 376 U. S., at 279-280.
On June 27, 1962, petitioner St. Amant, a candidate for public office, made a televised speech in Baton…
2Cases cited6 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
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Thompson v. St. AmantSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
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3Cited by1,974 opinions
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Carr v. BrasherTexas Supreme Court · 1989
- Herbert v. LandoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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