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  "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/427/539",
  "final_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/427/539",
  "title": "Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart, 427 U.S. 539 (1976)",
  "publisher": "Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School",
  "published_on": "1976-06-30",
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  "claims": [
    {
      "id": 797,
      "statement": "Police found six members of the Kellie family murdered in their home in Sutherland, Nebraska, a town of about 850 people, on the evening of October 18, 1975.",
      "status": "current"
    },
    {
      "id": 798,
      "statement": "Police released the description of suspect Erwin Charles Simants to reporters who had gone to the scene of the crime.",
      "status": "current"
    },
    {
      "id": 799,
      "statement": "On October 27, 1975, the District Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska, replaced the county court's order with its own restrictive order barring reporting on the case.",
      "status": "current"
    },
    {
      "id": 800,
      "statement": "Judge Stuart found that the nature of the crimes charged created a clear and present danger that pretrial publicity could impinge on the defendant's right to a fair trial.",
      "status": "current"
    },
    {
      "id": 801,
      "statement": "The order specifically barred news organizations from reporting five subjects, including the existence or contents of Simants's confession, which had already been introduced in open court.",
      "status": "current"
    },
    {
      "id": 802,
      "statement": "The Supreme Court of the United States held that the heavy burden required to justify a prior restraint on publication had not been met, and it reversed the Nebraska Supreme Court's judgment.",
      "status": "current"
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      "slug": "1975-us-nebraska-press-v-stuart-restrictive-order",
      "title": "United States judge bars the press from reporting a murder suspect's confession before trial"
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