Claim

Claim 798

Police released the description of suspect Erwin Charles Simants to reporters who had gone to the scene of the crime.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: Police released the description of suspect Erwin Charles Simants to reporters who had gone to the scene of the crime.
Field: scope_of_action
Value: Simants named as suspect
About: incident 1975-us-nebraska-press-v-stuart-restrictive-order
Source: Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart, 427 U.S. 539 (1976)
Publisher: Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
Method: court record
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 1976-06-30

Quotation from the source

Police released the description of a suspect, Erwin Charles Simants, to the reporters who had hastened to the scene of the crime.