Home > Great American Court Cases > Time, Inc. v. Firestone

Legal Citation: 424 U.S. 448 (1976)

Petitioner
Time, Inc., publisher of Time magazine

Respondent
Mary Alice Firestone

Petitioner's Claim
That the finding of libel was inappropriate because the respondent was a public figure.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
John H. Pickering

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Edna L. Caruso

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Potter Stewart

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Byron R. White (John Paul Stevens did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
2 March 1976

Decision
That Firestone was not a public figure for the purposes of this trial; case remanded to state court for determination...