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PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. HEPPS

No. 84-1491.

475 U.S. 767 (1986)

PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., ET AL. v. HEPPS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Marion argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Samuel E. Klein and Kerry L. Adams.

Ronald H. Surkin argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Edwin P. Rome.*

Daniel J. Popeo filed a brief for the American Legal Foundation as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case requires us once more to "struggl[e] . . . to define the proper accommodation between the law of defamation and the freedoms of speech and press protected by the First Amendment." Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323, 325 (1974). In Gertz, the Court held that a private figure who brings a suit for defamation cannot recover without some showing that...

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