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NEW YORK TIMES v. SULLIVAN AT 50: A LOOK BACK
AND THE ROAD AHEAD
Program
March 2014
CONTENTS:
PROGRAM SCHEDULE ........................................................................... 7
FACULTY BIOS ...................................................................................... 11
1.
The New York Times Company v. Sullivan,
376 U.S. 254 (March 9, 1964)......................................................... 31
Submitted by:
Lee Levine
Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz LLP
2.
Sack on Defamation: Libel, Slander and Related
Problems—Chapter 1: Constitutional Principles ............................. 65
Hon. Robert D. Sack
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
3.
Sack on Defamation: Libel, Slander and Related
Problems—Chapter 16, §16:5: Motion Practice
and Appeal .................................................................................... 119
Hon. Robert D. Sack
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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Friend of the Court: On the Front Lines with the
First Amendment—Sullivan in the Year 2000:
Will It—Should It—Survive? .......................................................... 141
Floyd Abrams
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
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5.
The Progeny: Justice William J. Brennan’s Fight to
Preserve the Legacy of New York Times v. Sullivan—
Chapter 1: Sullivan ........................................................................ 151
Lee Levine
Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz LLP
Stephen Wermiel
American University Washington College of Law
INDEX ................................................................................................... 187
Program Attorney: Seema Lal Meehan
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