Taming of the Press, The : Cohen v. Cowles Media Company:^UCohen v. Cowles Media Company^R.
Title:
Taming of the Press, The : Cohen v. Cowles Media Company:^UCohen v. Cowles Media Company^R.
Author:
Rothenberg, Elliot.
ISBN:
9780313002052
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (296 pages)
Series:
Non-Series
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Hanging Cohen Out to Dry -- 2. No Way to Treat a Tipster -- 3. Rothenberg v. Rothenberg -- 4. Taking on City Hall -- 5. No Threat to a Free Press in Requiring It to Obey the Law -- 6. A Solitary Crusade -- 7. Journalistic Malpractice on Trial -- 8. The Ghost of Deep Throat -- 9. Meeting Megan Carter -- 10. Casting the Attacks into Oblivion -- 11. Something for Everyone -- 12. Not for Another 200 Years -- 13. The Court Granted the Cert, the Court Granted the Cert! -- 14. The Karen Silkwood Rejoinder -- 15. Thank You, Justice O'Connor. Thank You, Justice Scalia -- 16. We Shall Not Be Moved -- 17. Turnabout Is Fair Play -- Epilogue: New Individual Freedom Honors the 200th Birthday of the Bill of Rights -- Appendix: U.S. Supreme Court Decision -- Bibliographical Note -- Table of Cases -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
Cohen v. Cowles Media Company changed the course of First Amendment media law. After a quarter century of decisions interpreting the First Amendment to give media organizations preferential treatment, the Supreme Court ruled in 1991 that the Constitution did not give the press immunity from the laws ordinary citizens must obey. The American Bar Association quarterly Communications Lawyer (Spring 1998) calls Cohen a media law hall of fame case. The author, who was the plaintiff's sole attorney in all phases of the case, provides detailed analysis of the complexities of constitutional litigation and the strategic and tactical considerations involved in formulating constitutional arguments in the Supreme Court and other courts. This is a classic David v. Goliath story of a lone lawyer who worked out of his basement taking on media and legal giants and winning. Scores of attorneys from major law firms around the country represented the Minneapolis and St. Paul newspaper defendants and their allies in court in a case where experts were confident that the press could never lose. The Cohen decision has revolutionized the law regarding accountability for wrongdoing by media organizations, and many federal and state courts have relied upon the Cohen case in holding media organizations liable for their actions. This lively account will interest not only legal and media scholars, but all readers interested in correcting injustice.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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