Legal Opinion
Time, Inc. v. Hill
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 9, 1967No. 22PublishedCited by 904 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
The question in this case is whether appellant, publisher of Life Magazine, was denied constitutional protections of speech and press by the application by the New York courts of §§ 50-51 of the New York Civil Rights Law 1 to award appellee damages on allegations *377that Life falsely, reported that a new play portrayed an experience suffered by appellee and his family.
The article appeared in Life in February 1955. It was entitled “True Crime Inspires Tense Play,” with the subtitle, “The ordeal of a family trapped by convicts gives Broadway a new thriller, ‘The Desperate Hours.’ ” The text of the…
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