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MONITOR PATRIOT CO. v. ROY, EXECUTRIX

No. 62.

401 U.S. 265 (1971)

MONITOR PATRIOT CO. ET AL. v. ROY, EXECUTRIX.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1971

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Bennett Williams argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Harold Ungar and Joseph A. Millimet.

Stanley M. Brown argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

On September 10, 1960, three days before the New Hampshire Democratic Party's primary election of candidates for the United States Senate, the Concord Monitor, a daily newspaper in Concord, New Hampshire, published a syndicated "D. C. Merry-Go-Round" column discussing the forthcoming election. The column spoke of political maneuvering in the primary campaign, referred to the criminal records of several of the...

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