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NEW YORK TIMES VS. SULLIVAN
>In 1960, full page add defending Martin Luther King offended southern jurisdictions >Declared they were out to destroy King >Didn't use names
>Also known as Abernathy vs. Sullivan >Started January 6-7, 1964 >Decision-March 9,1964
>Paper said "Southern violaters of the Constitution" >Sullivan sued times >Alabama court granted $500,000 on August 30, 1962
>Supreme Court unanimously reversed March 9, 1964 >Said Sullivan never proved actual malice >Changed libel law for "public figures"
>New law is must prove actual malice >Public officials is anyone widely known >Said to have changed the libel law forever
WORKS CITED
"New York Times v. Sullivan-Further Readings." Law Library-American Law and Legal Information. 2008. 21 October 2008. .
