Running head: CASE SEVEN
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New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
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CASE SEVEN
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New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
Facts
: The New York Times published information title “heed the rising voices” which was
meant to defend Martin Luther King and to promote the struggle for freedom in the South. The
advertisement explained actions against the civil rights protesters including inaccurate
information which involved the actions of police force of Montgomery, Alabama. L.B Sullivan
the public commissioner at Montgomery argued that the inaccurate information in the
advertisement was a defamatory to him because he was responsible for supervising the police
department (Anderson, 2015). According to Alabama law a public officer has no power to
recover punitive damage in libel action following their actions unless they first demand for
public retraction using a written document and the defendant fails to comply. Sullivan sent a
