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Henry v. Collins, 380 U.S. 356 (1965)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Henry v. Collins, 380 U.S. 356 (1965)
Henry v. Collins No. 89 Decided March 29, 1965 * 380 U.S. 356
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE
SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI
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After his arrest for disturbing the peace, petitioner stated that it was "the result of a diabolical plot" in which respondents, a County Attorney and a Chief of Police, were implicated. Respondents brought suits for libel, and obtained jury verdicts. The judgments are reversed, since the jury might well have understood the instructions to permit recovery on a showing of intent to inflict harm, rather than intent to inflict harm through falsehood. The Constitution permits recovery by these public officials only for a false statement made "with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not." Garrison v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 64, and New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, followed.
Certiorari granted; ___ Miss. ___, 158 So. 2d 28, and ___ Miss. ___, 158 So. 2d 695, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Henry v. Collins, 380 U.S. 356 (1965) in 380 U.S. 356 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=E68PWVVD4HDC9YA.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Henry v. Collins, 380 U.S. 356 (1965), in 380 U.S. 356, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=E68PWVVD4HDC9YA.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Henry v. Collins, 380 U.S. 356 (1965). cited in 1965, 380 U.S. 356. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=E68PWVVD4HDC9YA.
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