Sullivan's lawsuit alleged that he had been libeled by the advertisement's criticism of his supervision of the Montgomery Police Department. An Alabama jury agreed with him and awarded damages of $500,000, the full amount Sullivan sought.

Nearly four years later, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court reversed the jury's verdict, concluding that the "offending" editorial issue advertisement was fully protected by the First Amendment guarantees of free speech and a free press.
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Once enjoying universal support, "campaign finance reform" will crash and burn
when it reaches the Supreme Court.