Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo
| Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Pat Tornillo | |
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| Argued April 17, 1974 Decided June 25, 1974 | |
| Full case name | Miami Herald Publishing Company, Division of Knight Newspapers, Incorporated v. Tornillo |
| Citations | 418 U.S. 241 (more) 94 S. Ct. 2831; 41 L. Ed. 2d 730; 1974 U.S. LEXIS 86; 1 Media L. Rep. 1898 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Appeal from the Supreme Court of Florida |
| Holding | |
| A Florida law requiring newspapers to allow equal access to political candidates in the case of a political editorial or endorsement content is unconstitutional. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Burger, joined by unanimous |
| Concurrence | Brennan, joined by Rehnquist |
| Concurrence | White |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. I | |
Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo, 418 U.S. 241 (1974), was a seminal First Amendment ruling by the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court overturned a Florida state law that required newspapers to offer equal space to political candidates who wished to respond to election-related editorials or endorsements. The Supreme Court ruled that law was an unconstitutional restriction of freedom of the press under the First Amendment.