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Time, Inc. v. Hill, 385 U.S. 374 (1967), is a United States Supreme Court case involving issues of privacy in balance with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and principles of freedom of speech. [1]
Time, Inc. v. Hill: A lawsuit for false light must meet the standard of actual malice to succeed when the defendant has published false information on a matter of public interest.
Richard M. Nixon, New York City, for appellee. Mr. Justice BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105). Return to the top of the page.
'Three years ago Americans all over the country read about the desperate ordeal of the James Hill family, who were held prisoners in thier home outside Philadelphia by three escaped convicts. Later they read about it in Joseph Hayes's novel, The Desperate Hours, inspired by the family's experience.
'Three years ago Americans all over the country read about the desperate ordeal of the James Hill family, who were held prisoners in thier home outside Philadelphia by three escaped convicts. Later they read about it in Joseph Hayes's novel, The Desperate Hours, inspired by the family's experience.
1 sty 2009 · In Time, Inc. v. Hill, 385 U.S. 374 (1967), the Supreme Court extended the actual malice standard of the libel decision in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan to a false light invasion of privacy.
In a 6-to-3 opinion, the Court set aside the Appellate ruling against Time because the lower court failed to instruct the jury that Time's liability was contingent upon a showing that it knowingly and recklessly published false statements about the Hill family.
