Legal Opinion
Edwards v. National Audubon Society, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 25, 1977No. Nos. 1026, 1027, Dockets 77-7018, 77-7034PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:
In a society which takes seriously the principle that government rests upon the consent of the governed, freedom of the press must be the most cherished tenet. It is elementary that a democracy cannot long survive unless the people are provided the information needed to form judgments on issues that affect their ability to intelligently govern themselves. As we said in James v. Board of Education, 461 F.2d 566, 572, “To preserve the ‘marketplace of ideas’ so essential to our system of democracy, we must be willing to assume the risk of argument and lawful…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by70 opinions
- Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. ConnaughtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Bertell Ollman v. Rowland Evans, Robert NovakCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Nader v. De ToledanoDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Robert C. White v. Fraternal Order of PoliceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- Chapin v. Knight-Ridder, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
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