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COX BROADCASTING CORP. v. COHN

No. 73-938.

420 U.S. 469 (1975)

95 S.Ct. 1029

43 L.Ed.2d 328

COX BROADCASTING CORP. ET AL. v. COHN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk M. McAlpin argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Joseph R. Bankoff.

Stephen A. Land argued the cause and filed briefs for appellee.*

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue before us in this case is whether, consistently with the First and Fourteenth Amendments, a State may extend a cause of action for damages for invasion of privacy caused by the publication of the name of a deceased rape victim which was publicly revealed in connection with the prosecution of the crime.

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In August 1971, appellee's 17-year-old daughter was the victim of a rape and did...

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