Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Clay Communications, Inc. v. Sprouse
423 U.S. 882
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1975-10-06
- Topic
- labor-and-employment
How later courts describe this case
- Practicing attorney who had been involved in an unsuccessful campaign for governor of the State of West Virginia
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- 2 opinions
Sup. Ct. App. W. Va. Motion of American Newspaper Publishers Assn, for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice Brennan would grant certiorari.Mr. Justice Douglas, being of the view, stated in his previous opinions1 and those of Mr. Justice Black,2 that any state or federal libel law imposing liability for discussion of public affairs abridges freedom of speech and of the press contrary to the First and Fourteenth Amendments, would grant certiorari in
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U. S. 323, 355-360 (1974) (dissenting); Time, Inc. v. Hill, 385 U. S. 374, 401-402 (1967) (concurring); Rosenblatt v. Baer, 383 U. S. 75, 88-91 (1966) (concurring).
Time, Inc. v. Hill, supra, at 398-401 (concurring); Rosenblatt v. Baer, supra, at 94-95 (concurring and dissenting); New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U. S. 254, 293-297 (1964) (concurring).