Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court for the County of Norfolk

Decided June 23, 1982. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-611 · 457 U.S. 596 (1982) · Cited 1,561 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · 448 U.S. 555 (1980)
• Gannett Co. v. DePasquale · 443 U.S. 368 (1979)
• Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart · 427 U.S. 539 (1976)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• In Re Oliver · 333 U.S. 257 (1948)
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
• Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Co. · 443 U.S. 97 (1979)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Brown v. Hartlage · 456 U.S. 45 (1982)
• Pell v. Procunier · 417 U.S. 817 (1974)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Whalen v. Roe · 429 U.S. 589 (1977)
• Weinstein v. Bradford · 423 U.S. 147 (1975)
• Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co. · 424 U.S. 747 (1976)
• United States v. Raines · 362 U.S. 17 (1960)
• Cox v. New Hampshire · 312 U.S. 569 (1941)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• United States v. Lovett · 328 U.S. 303 (1946)
• Mills v. Alabama · 384 U.S. 214 (1966)
• New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann · 285 U.S. 262 (1932)
• Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia · 435 U.S. 829 (1978)
• Levine v. United States · 362 U.S. 610 (1960)
• Reeves, Inc. v. Stake · 447 U.S. 429 (1980)
• Saxbe v. Washington Post Co. · 417 U.S. 843 (1974)
• Oklahoma Publishing Co. v. District Court in & for Oklahoma County · 430 U.S. 308 (1977)
• Chandler v. Florida · 449 U.S. 560 (1981)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Riverside · 478 U.S. 1 (1986)
• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty. · 464 U.S. 501 (1984)
• Waller v. Georgia · 467 U.S. 39 (1984)
• Maryland v. Craig · 497 U.S. 836 (1990)
• Packingham v. North Carolina · 582 U.S. 98 (2017)
• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• Honig v. Doe · 484 U.S. 305 (1988)
• Oliver v. United States · 466 U.S. 170 (1984)
• Florida Star v. B. J. F. · 491 U.S. 524 (1989)

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