Elliot Rothenberg

The Taming of the Press (eBook, PDF)

Cohen v. Cowles Media Company

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313002052
• Artikelnr.: 68184066

Autorenporträt

ELLIOT C. ROTHENBERG is a Minneapolis attorney with a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. His briefs and oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court are published in Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States, Vol. 200. He has published articles in many newspapers and periodicals, including The Wall Street Journal, Columbia Journalism Review, and law reviews and has served on the faculties of national First Amendment and communications law seminars.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Hanging Cohen Out to Dry No Way to Treat a Tipster Rothenberg v.
Rothenberg Taking on City Hall No Threat to a Free Press in Requiring It to
Obey the Law A Solitary Crusade Journalistic Malpractice on Trial The Ghost
of Deep Throat Meeting Megan Carter Casting the Attacks into Oblivion
Something for Everyone Not for Another 200 Years The Court Granted the
Cert, the Court Granted the Cert The Karen Silkwood Rejoinder Thank You,
Justice O'Connor. Thank You, Justice Scalia We Shall Not Be Moved Turnabout
Is Fair Play Epilogue: New Individual Freedom Honors the 200th Birthday of
the Bill of Rights Bibliographical Note Table of Cases Index