Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart - Significance, Related Cases, The "little Lindbergh Law"

Petitioner

Nebraska Press Association

Respondent

Judge Hugh Stuart

Petitioner's Claim

The gag order violates freedom of press.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner

E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr.

Chief Lawyer for Respondent

Harold Mosher, Assistant Attorney General of Nebraska

Justices for the Court

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

Justices Dissenting

None

Place

Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision

30 June 1976

Decision

Reversed the gag order.

Sources

West's Encyclopedia of American Law. St. Paul, MN: West Group, 1998.

Further Readings

• Chandler, Ralph C., Richard A. Enslen, and Peter G. Renstrom. The Constitutional Law Dictionary, Volume 3: The Sixth Amendment. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, Inc., 1987.
• Hall, Kermit L. ed. The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.