Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.

Decided June 28, 1977. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 76-577 · 433 U.S. 562 (1977) · Cited 426 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Time, Inc. v. Hill · 385 U.S. 374 (1967)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. · 342 U.S. 437 (1952)
• Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp. · 416 U.S. 470 (1974)
• Goldstein v. California · 412 U.S. 546 (1973)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• Time, Inc. v. Firestone · 424 U.S. 448 (1976)
• Beck v. Ohio · 379 U.S. 89 (1964)
• Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 323 U.S. 192 (1944)
• Smith v. California · 361 U.S. 147 (1959)
• Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc. · 403 U.S. 29 (1971)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
• Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo · 418 U.S. 241 (1974)
• Mazer v. Stein · 347 U.S. 201 (1954)
• Herb v. Pitcairn · 324 U.S. 117 (1945)
• Indiana Ex Rel. Anderson v. Brand · 303 U.S. 95 (1938)
• Minnesota v. National Tea Co. · 309 U.S. 551 (1940)
• Fox Film Corp. v. Muller · 296 U.S. 207 (1935)
• Missouri Ex Rel. Southern Railway Co. v. Mayfield · 340 U.S. 1 (1950)
• Kalem Co. v. Harper Brothers · 222 U.S. 55 (1911)

Cited by

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

• Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. · 501 U.S. 663 (1991)
• Michigan v. Long · 463 U.S. 1032 (1983)
• San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee · 483 U.S. 522 (1987)
• Delaware v. Prouse · 440 U.S. 648 (1979)
• Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises · 471 U.S. 539 (1985)
• Illinois v. Gates · 462 U.S. 213 (1983)
• Ohio v. Roberts · 448 U.S. 56 (1980)
• Oregon v. Kennedy · 456 U.S. 667 (1982)
• Ohio v. Robinette · 519 U.S. 33 (1996)
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · 455 U.S. 283 (1982)
• Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell · 485 U.S. 46 (1988)
• Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation · 447 U.S. 134 (1980)
• International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. Davis · 476 U.S. 380 (1986)
• St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church v. South Dakota · 451 U.S. 772 (1981)
• Vidal v. Elster · 602 U.S. 286 (2024)

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