new york times co v sullivan held that there must be proof of actual malice.
new york times co v sullivan held that there must be proof of actual malice.
new york times co v sullivan held that there must be proof of?
actual malice
new york times co. v. sullivan, 376 u.s. 254 (1964), was a landmark decision of the u.s. supreme court in which the court ruled that the first amendment to the u.s. constitution's protection of the freedom of speech limits the ability of american public officials to sue and recover damages for defamation. specifically, it held that if a plaintiff in a defamation lawsuit is a public official or person running for public office, not only must he or she prove the normal elements of defamationpublication of a false defamatory statement to a third partyhe or she must also prove that the statement was made with "actual malice", meaning that the defendant either knew the statement was false or recklessly disregarded the truth.
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bullet::::- "new york times co. v. united states" (1971)









































bullet::::- "new york times co. v. tasini" (2001)









































bullet::::- list of united states supreme court cases, volume 376









































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bullet::::- edmondson, aimee. "rearticulating "new york times v. sullivan" as a social duty to journalists", "journalism studies" 18, no. 1 (jan 2017): 86-101. response to donald trump's campaign promise to " "open up" libel laws to make it easier for office holders to sue the media.









































bullet::::- smolla, rodney a. "suing the press: libel, the media, and power". ny: oxford university press, 1986.









































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