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About Sullivan ? thony Lewis, in the Columbia Law Review (April 1983), 435 West 116th St., New York, N.Y. 10027.
Journalists long regarded the U.S. Supreme Court's 1964 New York
Times v. Sullivan decision, which sharply restricted the right of "public
figures" to sue for libel, as a landmark victory for press freedom.
But the decision has proved increasingly costly to the press, says Lewis, a Times columnist and specialist on the law.
To sue for libel, the Court said, a "public...