Claim

Claim 822

A Montgomery County jury awarded Sullivan $500,000, the full amount he sought from The New York Times and four individual petitioners, and the Supreme Court of Alabama affirmed the judgment.

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

Statement: A Montgomery County jury awarded Sullivan $500,000, the full amount he sought from The New York Times and four individual petitioners, and the Supreme Court of Alabama affirmed the judgment.
Field: action
Value: Alabama jury awarded Sullivan $500,000
About: incident 1960-us-montgomery-commissioner-sues-new-york-times-for-libel
Source: New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
Publisher: Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute
Method: court record
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 1964-03-09

Quotation from the source

A jury in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County awarded him damages of $500,000, the full amount claimed, against all the petitioners, and the Supreme Court of Alabama affirmed.