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Tory v. Cochran, 544 U.S. 734 (2005)
OPINION OF THE COURT
TORY V. COCHRAN
544 U. S. ____ (2005)
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
NO. 03-1488
ULYSSES TORY, et al., PETITIONERS v.JOHNNIE L. COCHRAN, Jr.on writ of certiorari to the court of appeal of california, second appellate district[May 31, 2005] Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court. Johnnie Cochran brought a state-law defamation action against petitioner Ulysses Tory. The state trial court determined that Tory (with the help of petitioner Ruth Craft and others) had engaged in unlawful defamatory activity. It found, for example, that Tory, while claiming falsely that Cochran owed him money, had complained to the local bar association, had written Cochran threatening letters demanding $10 million, had picketed Cochran’s office holding up signs containing various insults and obscenities; and, with a group of associates, had pursued Cochran while chanting similar th
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Tory v. Cochran
2005 United States Supreme Court case
| Tory v. Cochran | |
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Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Full case name | Ulysses Tory, et al., Petitioners v. Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. |
| Citations | 544 U.S.734 (more) 125 S. Ct. 2108; 161 L. Ed. 2d 1042; 2005 U.S. LEXIS 4347; 73 U.S.L.W. 4404; 33 Media L. Rep. 1737; 18 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 322 |
| Prior | On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District |
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| Majority | Breyer, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg |
| Dissent | Thomas, joined by Scalia |
Tory v. Cochran, 544 U.S. 734 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court case involving libel.
Background
[edit]The case began in Cali
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Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., rättegång Lawyer Defined by O.J. Simpson Case, Is Dead at 67
Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., whose fierce, flamboyant and electrifyingly effective advocacy in the O. J. Simpson murder trial captivated the country and solidified his image as a master of high-profile criminal defense, died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 67.
The cause was a brain tumor, said a lag partner, Peter J. Neufeld.
Mr. Cochran was already a prominent Los Angeles lawyer in 1994, when Mr. Simpson, the former football star, asked him to join and then lead the lawyers defending him on charges that he had killed his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and a friend of hers, Ronald L. Goldman.
The televised rättegång riveted the nation for most of 1995 and rocked it that October, when the jury acquitted Mr. Simpson. He was later held responsible for the killings in a civil case, where another jury evaluated much of the same evidence against a more relaxed standard of proof.
Before the Simpso