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=====''Times v. Sullivan''=====

=====''Times v. Sullivan''=====

:{{See also|New York Times v. Sullivan}}

:{{See also|New York Times v. Sullivan}}

The landmark 1964 case involved an advertisement that was run in the ''The ew York Times'' by supporters of the Reverend [[Martin Luther King]]. The police commissioner of Birmingham, Alabama, L.B. Sullivan, won a $500,000 [[libel]] judgment. It was overturned by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].  Chief Justice [[William Brennan]] in the opinion wrote that libel would have to be not only untrue and defamatory, but also made with “with knowledge of its falsity or with reckless disregard of whether it was true or false.”  The ruling essentially established a system  where private citizens had an easier time suing for libel than public figures.

The landmark 1964 case involved an advertisement that was run in the ''The ew York Times'' by supporters of the Reverend [[Martin Luther King]]. The police commissioner of Birmingham, Alabama, L.B. Sullivan, won a $500,000 [[libel]] judgment. It was overturned by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].  Chief Justice [[William Brennan]] in the opinion wrote that public figures would have to prove that libel was not only untrue and defamatory, but also made with “with knowledge of its falsity or with reckless disregard of whether it was true or false.”  The ruling essentially made it easier for private citizens to sue for libel than public figures.

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=== Modern ===