Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts

Decided June 12, 1967. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 37 · 388 U.S. 130 (1967) · Cited 1,899 times

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Time, Inc. v. Hill · 385 U.S. 374 (1967)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Rosenblatt v. Baer · 383 U.S. 75 (1966)
• Garrison v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 64 (1964)
• Beauharnais v. Illinois · 343 U.S. 250 (1952)
• Associated Press v. National Labor Relations Board · 301 U.S. 103 (1937)
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Allen v. Regents of the University System · 304 U.S. 439 (1938)
• Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458 (1938)
• Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335 (1963)
• Griffin v. California · 380 U.S. 609 (1965)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Linkletter v. Walker · 381 U.S. 618 (1965)
• Michel v. Louisiana · 350 U.S. 91 (1955)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Ackermann v. United States · 340 U.S. 193 (1950)
• Hormel v. Helvering · 312 U.S. 552 (1941)
• Barr v. Matteo · 360 U.S. 564 (1959)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• Betts v. Brady · 316 U.S. 455 (1942)
• Schenck v. United States · 249 U.S. 47 (1919)
• White v. Maryland · 373 U.S. 59 (1963)
• Grosjean v. American Press Co. · 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
• Adderley v. Florida · 385 U.S. 39 (1966)
• Abrams v. United States · 250 U.S. 616 (1919)
• Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. · 336 U.S. 271 (1949)

Cited by

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• Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. Connaughton · 491 U.S. 657 (1989)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• Herbert v. Lando · 441 U.S. 153 (1979)
• Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc. · 403 U.S. 29 (1971)
• Time, Inc. v. Firestone · 424 U.S. 448 (1976)
• Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps · 475 U.S. 767 (1986)
• Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. Bresler · 398 U.S. 6 (1970)
• Wolston v. Reader's Digest Assn., Inc. · 443 U.S. 157 (1979)
• Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. · 497 U.S. 1 (1990)
• Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy · 401 U.S. 265 (1971)
• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · 477 U.S. 242 (1986)
• St. Amant v. Thompson · 390 U.S. 727 (1968)
• Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc. · 472 U.S. 749 (1985)
• Beckley Newspapers Corp. v. Hanks · 389 U.S. 81 (1967)
• Branzburg v. Hayes · 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
• Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty. · 391 U.S. 563 (1968)
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
• Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · 398 U.S. 375 (1970)
• Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell · 485 U.S. 46 (1988)
• Bigelow v. Virginia · 421 U.S. 809 (1975)
• Hutchinson v. Proxmire · 443 U.S. 111 (1979)
• Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. Austin · 418 U.S. 264 (1974)
• Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees · 585 U.S. 878 (2018)
• Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. · 501 U.S. 663 (1991)
• Ocala Star-Banner Co. v. Damron · 401 U.S. 295 (1971)

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