Legal Opinion
Herbert v. Lando
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 18, 1979No. 77-1105PublishedCited by 1,085 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
By virtue of the First and Fourteenth Amendments, neither the Federal nor a State Government may make any law “abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press . . . .” The question here is whether those Amendments should be construed to provide further protection for the press when sued for defamation than has hitherto been recognized. More specifically, we are urged to hold for the first time that when a member of the press is alleged to have circulated damaging falsehoods and is sued for injury to the plaintiff's reputation, the plaintiff is barred from inquiring into the editorial…
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