"We consider this case against the background of a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials."
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Justices of the Supreme Court of the United StatesJudges from the United StatesLawyers from the United StatesPeople from NewarkCatholics from the United States
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Writing for the court, New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964).
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William J. Brennan, Jr.
William Joseph Brennan, Jr. (April 25, 1906 – July 24, 1997) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990.
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