# New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)

The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University, 2023-08-06

- Address: https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/new-york-times-co-v-sullivan/
- Kind: reference
- Last checked: 2026-09-26
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [United States: Montgomery, Alabama commissioner sues The New York Times for libel over a civil rights advertisement](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1960-us-montgomery-commissioner-sues-new-york-times-for-libel)
- [Claim 824: Under Alabama law as it stood before the Supreme Court's ruling, Sullivan needed only to show the advertisement contained errors that could have harmed his reputation.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/824)
- [Claim 827: The lawsuit was filed by L. B. Sullivan, an elected city commissioner in Montgomery, Alabama, whose duties included supervision of the local police.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/827)

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