Associated Press v. United States

I think the judgment should be reversed. In respect of most of the questions involved I might rest on the discussion by Judge Swan in his dissenting opinion in the District Court. The novelty and importance of the questions, and the summary disposition of them in the court’s opinion, have, however, moved me to state my views in detail.

This case deals with “news.” News is information about matters of general interest. The term has been defined as “a report of a recent event.” The report may be made to one moved by curiosity or to one who wishes to make some *30practical use of it. Newspapers…