Legal Opinion
Branzburg v. Hayes
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 29, 1972No. 70-85PublishedCited by 2,155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Mr. Justice White,
announced by The Chief Justice.
The issue in these cases is whether requiring newsmen to appear and testify before state or federal grand juries abridges the freedom of speech and press guaranteed by the First Amendment. We hold that it does not.
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The writ of certiorari in No. 70-85, Branzburg v. Hayes and Meigs, brings before us two judgments of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, both involving petitioner Branzburg, a staff reporter for the Courier-Journal, a daily newspaper published in Louisville, Kentucky.
On November 15, 1969, the Courier-Journal carried…
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