CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. v. BUTTS (1967)

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CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. v. BUTTS
Term: 1966
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1967
Decided: June 12, 1967
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
John Harlan II
Majority
Tom Clark • Abe Fortas • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Earl Warren
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Byron White

CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. v. BUTTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 1967. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1967.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Libel, defamation: defamation of public officials and public and private persons
  • Petitioner: Publisher, publishing company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 388 U.S. 130
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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