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1964 United States Supreme Court case: New York Times v. Sullivan 376

  1. What is the name of the United States Supreme Court Case you would find at 347 U.S. 483 (1954)?
  2. What United States Supreme Court Case was overturned by the case you found in question number 1?
  3. What is the citation for the 1973 United States Supreme Court Case, Roe v. Wade?
  4. What service do you use to determine if a case has been overturned?
  5. In the 1964 United States Supreme Court case: New York Times v. Sullivan 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed. 2d 686, who was
    Sullivan and what did he do to the New York Times?
  6. What crime is defined at California Penal Code section 187?
Sullivan was an advertisement manager of the Montgomery City Commission who sued the New York Times after they published an article critical of him and his department’s actions when attempting to desegregate public transportation facilities in Alabama during the civil rights movement; he claimed that their reporting contained false information that defamed him and resulted in damages including loss of job security, social standing and other reputational harm . California Penal Code section 187 defines murder as any unlawful killing with malice aforethought.

Sample Solution

Answer: The United States Supreme Court Case found at 347 U.S. 483 (1954) is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The case it overturned was the 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson which established the "separate but equal" doctrine for racial segregation. The citation for Roe v Wade is 410 U.S 113 (1973). A legal research service such as Westlaw or LexisNexis can be used to determine if a case has been overturned or not.