COHEN v. COWLES MEDIA CO.

No. 90-634.

501 U.S. 663 (1991)

COHEN v. COWLES MEDIA CO., DBA MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE CO., ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided June 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot C. Rothenberg argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

John D. French argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for respondent Cowles Media Co. were John Borger and Randy M. Lebedoff. Stephen M. Shapiro, Andrew L. Frey, Kenneth S. Geller, Mark I. Levy, Michael W. McConnell, Paul R. Hannah, Laurie A. Zenner, John C. Fontaine, and Cristina L. Mendoza filed a brief for respondent Northwest Publications, Inc.*


JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question before us is whether the First Amendment prohibits a plaintiff from recovering damages, under state promissory estoppel law, for a newspaper's breach of a promise of confidentiality given to the plaintiff in exchange for information. We hold that it does not.

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