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United States v. Smith (Ind.) (1909)

The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University, 2009-01-01

Address: https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/united-states-v-smith/
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Last checked: 2026-09-26
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United States: President Theodore Roosevelt seeks criminal libel indictments against the New York World and the Indianapolis News over Panama Canal reporting
Claim 966: The Indianapolis News had published stories questioning the finances of the Panama Canal purchase, and Roosevelt considered the stories libelous and sought to prosecute the paper.
Claim 967: Vice President Charles Fairbanks held a financial interest in the Indianapolis News that most of the paper's readers did not know about.
Claim 968: Judge Albert Barnes Anderson ruled that any offense would have occurred in Indiana rather than the nation's capital, so the case could only be tried in Indiana.

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