Miami Herald Publishing Company v. Tornillo - Significance, Appeal Goes To The U.s. Supreme Court, "free Press" Refers To Press Only

Appellant

The Miami Herald Publishing Company, Division of Knight Newspapers, Inc.

Appellee

Pat L. Tornillo, Jr.

Appellant's Claim

That the Miami Herald did not have to print Tornillo's response to critical editorials published by the paper during his campaign for public office.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant

Daniel P. S. Paul

Chief Lawyer for Appellee

Jerome A. Barron

Justices for the Court

Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting

None

Place

Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision

25 June 1974

Decision

The Miami Herald did not have to print Tornillo's rebuttal.

Related Cases

• Associated Press v. United States, 326 U.S. 1 (1945).
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, 418 U.S. 323 (1974).

Sources

Flite. http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Ct/Supreme/Flite/opinions/418US241.htm.

Cornell. http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/.

Grilliot, Harold J. and Frank A. Schubert. Introduction to Law and the Legal System. Fifth edition. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1992.

Further Readings

• Hall, Kermit L., ed. The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.