Gertz v. Robert Welch Inc. Decision

Case: 
Gertz v. Robert Welch Inc.
Basic Decision Data
Type: 
Decision
Type Description: 
Full Opinion
Legal Provision: 
Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
Prevailing Party: 
Gertz
Majority Vote: 
5
Majority Author: 
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Minority Vote: 
4

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Wrote a dissent
Burger
Wrote a dissent
Douglas
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Wrote a dissent
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote a regular concurrence
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.