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What significant First Amendment case involved The New York Times in 1964?

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The New York Times Co. v. Sullivan was a significant First Amendment case that was decided in 1964 in which the U.S. Supreme Court set a new standard for libel involving public figures. The ruling set a different standard for public figures as opposed to ordinary citizens, saying that for them to win a libel case, they must show that the publication didn’t simply err in a statement but exercised “actual malice.”