Legal Opinion
Newton v. National Broadcasting Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 30, 1990No. Nos. 89-55220, 89-55285PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
In the Report on the Virginia Resolutions of 1798, James Madison wrote:
In every state, probably, in the Union, the press has exerted a freedom in canvassing the merits and measures of public men, of every description, which has not been confined to the strict limits of the common law. On this footing, the freedom of the press has stood; on this foundation it yet stands....
*6664 Elliot’s Debates on the Federal Constitution 570 (1876). In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964), the Supreme Court secured for the press the…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Clint Eastwood v. National Enquirer, Inc., Clint Eastwood v. National Enquirer, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Duc Tan v. LeWashington Supreme Court · 2013
- Murphy v. Boston Herald, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2007
- Carson Wayne Newton, Aka: Wayne Newton v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc. Brian Elliot Ross Ira Silverman Paul Greenberg, Carson Wayne Newton, Aka: Wayne Newton, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc. Brian Elliot Ross Ira Silverman Paul Greenberg, Defendants-Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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