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Legal Citation: 376 U.S. 254 (1964)

Appellant
The New York Times Company

Appellee
L. B. Sullivan

Appellant's Claim
That the Supreme Court of Alabama's affirmation of a libel judgment against the Times violated the free speech and due process rights as defined by the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution and certain Supreme Court decisions; also, that an advertisement published in the Times was not libelous and the Supreme Court should reverse the decision of the Alabama trial court.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Herbert Brownell, Thomas F. Daly and Herbert Wechsler

Chief Lawyers for Appellee
Sam Rice Baker, M. Roland Nachman, Jr. and Robert E. Steiner III

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), Tom C. Clark, William O. Douglas, Arthur Goldberg,...