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Majority Opinion
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Powell, J. |
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Concurring Opinion
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Blackmun, J. |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Burger, C.J., & Douglas, J., & Brennan, J., & White, J. |
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Lower Court
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7th Circuit |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim sustained |
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Oral Arguments
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Oral Arguments
[Oyez]
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| Lawyers |
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| News Stories & Commentary |
"Cop, City Sued for $350,000 in Police Killing," Chicago Tribune, July 4, 1968, p. 3
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"Ordinary Citizen Given Right to a Libel Suit Over False Report," New York Times, June 26, 1974, p. 89
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MacKinzie, John, "High Court Makes Private Person's Libel Suit Easier," Washington Post, June 26, 1974, sect. A, p. 8
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Page, Eric, "Elmer Gertz, a Top Lawyer, Is dead at 93: Won for Leopold, Ruby and Henry Miller," New York Times, April 29, 2000, sect. C, p. 20
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Gertz v. Welch, 322 F. Supp. 997 (N. Dist., Ill., 1970)
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Gertz v. Welch, 471 F.2d 801 (7th Cir., 1972) (per Judge John Paul Stevens)
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| Other |
Anderson, David A., "Libel and Press Self-Censorship," 53 Texas Law Review 422 (1975)
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Ashdown, Gerald, "Gertz & Firestone: A Study in Constitutional Policy Making," 61 Minnesota Law Review 645 (1977)
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Brosnahan, James J., "From Times v. Sullivan to Gertz v. Welch," 26 Hastings Law Journal 777 (1975)
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Christie, George C., "Underlying Contradictions in the Supreme Court's Classification of Defamation," 1981 Duke Law Journal 811
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Dennis, Everette, & Noam, Eli, editors, THE COSTS OF LIBEL: ECONOMIC & POLICY IMPLICATIONS (1989)
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Dickson, Del, THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE (1940-1985): THE PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS BEHIND NEARLY 300 SUPREME COURT DECISIONS (2001), pp. 390-391
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Eaton, Joel, "The American Law of Defamation Through Gertz v. Welch, Inc. and Beyond," 61 Virginia Law Review 1349 (1975)
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Frakt, Arthur, "The Evolving Law of Defamation," 6 Rutgers camden Law Journal 471 (1975)
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Gertz, Elmer, GERTZ v. ROBERT WELCH, INC.: THE STORY OF A LANDMARK LIBEL CASE (1992)
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Gutman, Howard, "The Attempt to Develop an Appropriate Standard of Liability for the Defamation of Public and Private People," 10 N.C. Cent. L. J. (1979)
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LaRue, Lewis H., "Living with Gertz," 67 Virginia Law Review 287 (1981)
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Levine, Lee J. (Student Note), "The Editorial Function & the Gertz Public Figue Standard," 87 Yale Law Journal 1723 (1978)
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Nowak, John E. & Rotunda, Ronald D., CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (7th ed., 2004), sects. 16.15 & 16.16
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Phillips, Jerry J., Defamation, Invasion of Privacy and the Standard of Care," 16 Santa Clara Law Review 77 (1975)
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Robertson, David W., "Defamation and the First Amendment," 54 Texas Law Review 199 (1976)
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Sack, Robert D., SACK ON DEFAMATION: LIBEL, SLANDER, & RELATED PROBLEMS (3rd ed., 2001), vol. I, sect. 1.2.6
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Smith, Barry F., "The Rising Tide of Libel Litigation," 44 Montana Law Review 71 (1983)
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Smolla, Rodney, SMOLLA & NIMMER ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH (1994), sect. 11.01[2]
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Sprayer, Abigail, "Free Speech & Defamation Law -- Gertz v. Robert Wlech, Inc.," 51 Chicago Kent Law Review (no. 2, 1974)
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Student Note, "Defining Cyberlibel: A First Amendment Limit for Libel Suits Against Individuals Arising From Computer Bulletin Board Speech," 46 Case Western Reserve Law Review 235 (1995)
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Student Note, "The Gertz Doctrine & Internet Behavior," 84 Virginia Law Review 477 (1998)
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Watkins, John J. & Schwartz, Charles W., "Gertz and the Common Law of Defmation," 15 Texas Tech Law Review 823 (1984)
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Zuckman, Harvey, & Corn-Revere, Robert et al, MODERN COMMUNICATIONS LAW (1999), sects. 5.5 (B) & 5.7 (D) & 5.10
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