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Mcdonald Vs. Smith

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 19, 1985

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  1. Bill Johnson's Restaurants, Inc. Vs. NLRB US Supreme Court · May 31, 1983
  2. Garrison Vs. Louisiana US Supreme Court · Nov 23, 1964
  3. United States Vs. Cruikshank US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1875
  4. New York Times Co. Vs. Sullivan US Supreme Court · Mar 09, 1964
  5. Thomas Vs. Collins US Supreme Court · Jan 08, 1945
  6. Naacp Vs. Button US Supreme Court · Jan 14, 1963
  7. U.S. 479 (1985) U.S. Supreme Court McDonald v. Smith
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  8. U.S. 479 (1985) McDonald v. Smith
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  9. absolute immunity from damages for libel. In 1845, this Court, after reviewing the common law, held in White v. Nicholls
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  10. as defined in terms that the North Carolina Court of Appeals considered to be consistent with New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
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  11. not grant absolute immunity from liability for libel. The Fourth Circuit, relying on this Court's decision in White v. Nicholls
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  12. as the other guarantees of that Amendment, and is an assurance of a particular freedom of expression. In United States v. Cruikshank
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  13. privilege afforded expressions in petitions to government officials. The plaintiff in the Vermont case of Harris v. Huntington
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  14. but was not followed by the courts of other States. See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Clapp
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  15. Mass. 163, 169 (1808). Indeed, Justice Yeates of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania stated in Gray v. Pentland
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  16. Id. at 25 (emphasis in original). In White v. Nicholls
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  17. California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking
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  18. U. S. 64 , 379 U. S. 75 (1964), and may, as in White v. Nicholls
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  19. the same ideals of liberty and democracy that gave us the freedoms to speak, publish, and assemble. See Mine Workers v. Illinois
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  20. Bar Assn., 389 U. S. 217 , 389 U. S. 222 (1967). These First Amendment rights are inseparable, Thomas v. Collins
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  21. defined by the Court of Appeals of North Carolina, in terms that court considered consistent with New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
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  22. Dellinger v. Belk
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  23. doctrine. See Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  24. See Lake v. King
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  25. Wms. Saund. 131, 85 Eng.Rep. 137 (K.B. 1680). In White v. Nicholls
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  26. How. 266, 44 U. S. 289 (1845), this Court described Lake v. King
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  27. JUSTICE BRENNAN, with whom JUSTICE MARSHALL and JUSTICE BLACKMUN join, concurring. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
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  28. Mine Workers v. Illinois
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  29. De Jonge v. Oregon
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  30. Chaplinsky v. New
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  31. to, and frequently as overlapping with, the First Amendment's other guarantees of free expression. See, e.g., NAACP v. Claiborne
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  32. Adderley v. Florida
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  33. Edwards v. South
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  34. the scope of the Petition Clause, while fully protected by the actual-malice standard set forth in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
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  35. to the executive, the legislature, courts, and administrative agencies. See, e.g., Bill Johnson's Restaurants, Inc. v. NLRB
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  36. California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking
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  37. U. S. 510 (1972). It also includes such activities as peaceful protest demonstrations. See, e.g., NAACP v. Claiborne
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  38. thus frequently also be protected by the First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, and assembly. See also Adderle v. Florida
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  39. New York Time Co. v. Sullivan
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  40. U.S. Supreme Court McDonald v. Smith
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  41. White v. Nicholls
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  42. In United States v. Cruikshank
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  43. of Harris v. Huntington
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  44. Commonwealth v. Clapp
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  45. Gray v. Pentland
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  46. In White v. Nicholls
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  47. See Mine Workers v. Illinois
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  48. See Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  49. Lake v. King
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  50. NAACP v. Claiborne
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