Nebraska Press Assn. et al. v. Stuart, Judge, et al.

Decided June 30, 1976. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-817 · 427 U.S. 539 (1976) · Cited 1,758 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333 (1966)
• New York Times Co. v. United States · 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
• Branzburg v. Hayes · 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
• Bridges v. California · 314 U.S. 252 (1941)
• Irvin v. Dowd · 366 U.S. 717 (1961)
• Estes v. Texas · 381 U.S. 532 (1965)
• Craig v. Harney · 331 U.S. 367 (1947)
• Carroll v. President & Commissioners of Princess Anne · 393 U.S. 175 (1968)
• Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe · 402 U.S. 415 (1971)
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
• Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad · 420 U.S. 546 (1975)
• Rideau v. Louisiana · 373 U.S. 723 (1963)
• Murphy v. Florida · 421 U.S. 794 (1975)
• Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo · 418 U.S. 241 (1974)
• Pennekamp v. Florida · 328 U.S. 331 (1946)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Grosjean v. American Press Co. · 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
• Wood v. Georgia · 370 U.S. 375 (1962)
• Stroble v. California · 343 U.S. 181 (1952)
• Groppi v. Wisconsin · 400 U.S. 505 (1971)
• Duncan v. Louisiana · 391 U.S. 145 (1968)
• In Re Murchison. · 349 U.S. 133 (1955)
• In Re Oliver · 333 U.S. 257 (1948)
• Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)
• Reynolds v. United States · 98 U.S. 145 (1879)
• Weinstein v. Bradford · 423 U.S. 147 (1975)
• Freedman v. Maryland · 380 U.S. 51 (1965)
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · 372 U.S. 58 (1963)
• Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations · 413 U.S. 376 (1973)

Cited by

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

• Gannett Co. v. DePasquale · 443 U.S. 368 (1979)
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · 448 U.S. 555 (1980)
• Gentile v. State Bar of Nev. · 501 U.S. 1030 (1991)
• Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of Norfolk · 457 U.S. 596 (1982)
• Murphy v. Hunt · 455 U.S. 478 (1982)
• Mu'Min v. Virginia · 500 U.S. 415 (1991)
• Brown v. Glines · 444 U.S. 348 (1980)
• Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia · 435 U.S. 829 (1978)
• Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Co. · 443 U.S. 97 (1979)
• Oklahoma Publishing Co. v. District Court in & for Oklahoma County · 430 U.S. 308 (1977)
• Honig v. Doe · 484 U.S. 305 (1988)
• Dietz v. Bouldin · 579 U.S. 40 (2016)
• Kansas v. Kansas · 577 U.S. 108 (2016)
• Seattle Times Co. v. Rhinehart · 467 U.S. 20 (1984)
• Chandler v. Florida · 449 U.S. 560 (1981)
• Smith v. Phillips · 455 U.S. 209 (1982)
• Crawford-El v. Britton · 523 U.S. 574 (1998)
• Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp. · 494 U.S. 472 (1990)
• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty. · 464 U.S. 501 (1984)
• Vitek v. Jones · 445 U.S. 480 (1980)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TB · 511 U.S. 127 (1994)
• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Riverside · 478 U.S. 1 (1986)
• Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc. · 512 U.S. 753 (1994)
• Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board · 502 U.S. 105 (1991)
• Houchins v. KQED, Inc. · 438 U.S. 1 (1978)
• Florida Star v. B. J. F. · 491 U.S. 524 (1989)
• Hollingsworth v. Perry · 558 U.S. 183 (2010)
• Austin v. Michigan State Chamber of Commerce · 494 U.S. 652 (1990)
• Snepp v. United States · 444 U.S. 507 (1980)

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