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Claim 965

Chief Justice Edward White wrote the unanimous Supreme Court opinion quashing the indictment because no federal crime of libel existed.

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

Statement: Chief Justice Edward White wrote the unanimous Supreme Court opinion quashing the indictment because no federal crime of libel existed.
Field: status
Value: Supreme Court quashes the indictment
About: incident 1909-us-panama-canal-libel-prosecutions
Source: United States v. Press Publishing Co. (1911)
Publisher: The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2023-07-30

Quotation from the source

Chief Justice Edward White’s opinion for a unanimous Court quashed the indictments, recognizing that there was no federal crime of libel