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Milkovich v. Lorain Journal

Docket: 89-645
Citation: 497 U.S. 1 (1990)
Petitioner: Milkovich
Respondent: Lorain Journal

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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, April 24, 1990
Decision: Thursday, June 21, 1990
Issues: First Amendment, Libel, Defamation
Categories: first amendment, freedom of speech

Advocates

Brent Lawson English (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Richard D. Panza (on behalf of the Respondents)

Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 7 votes for Milkovich, 2 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Kennedy
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Wrote the majority opinion
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist

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The Oyez Project, Milkovich v. Lorain Journal, 497 U.S. 1 (1990),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1989/1989_89_645/>
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