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United States and California Supreme Court Documents
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"Transcript of Record - Supreme Court of the United States - October Term, 1939. No. 972, The Times-Mirror Company and L.D. Hotchkiss, Petitioners, vs. The Supreme Court of... California in and for the County of Los Angeles." Freedom of the Press 2 / 4a. & 4b
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Two (exact duplicate, 151-pp.) booklet copies of "Transcript of Record - Supreme Court of the United States - October Term, 1939. No. 972, The Times-Mirror Company and L.D. Hotchkiss, Petitioners, vs. The Supreme Court of... California in and for the County of Los Angeles."
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Times Mirror Company v. Superior Court and Bridges v. California, Supreme Court 314 US 252-305
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4 items: 25+ pp. of US Supreme Court transcript of the two cases - Bridges vs. California and Times Mirror vs. Superior Court ; 2-pp. LAT in-house memo, 1980 ; booklet, "Freedom of the Press - the Anglo-American Struggle, 1644 - 1837" ; single sheet biography of colonial printer John Peter Zenger, who was the defendant in a pivotal libel case in 1734.
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"Contempt" Case
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Approx. 20 items - wire service printouts on cases, letters, news clips and other material related to LAT contempt case. Includes: 16-pp. transcript from Supreme Court of U.S., "Times-Mirror Co. vs. Superior Court (CA) ; several pieces of correspondence involving L.D. Hotchkiss, Times Editor ; includes a letter, n.d., from L.A. Mayor Fletcher Bowron to Judge Clarence Kincaid on Bowron's efforts, as he puts it, to "stamp out bribery and corruption" and to attack underworld. Note: it is not clear what connection, if any, this letter has to the LAT contempt action and defense.
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Times-Mirror Company v. Franchise Tax Board, CA Superior Court No. 97467
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Superior Court of California (Sacramento County), Times Mirror Co. vs. Franchise Tax Board, No. 97467, Brief for Defendant
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Memoranda and bulletins
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5 items: three examples of the "Mirror-News memo," which served to give kudos to staffers for a job well done ; 3-pp. press release, "Mirror subscribers to receive Sunday Times as a regular part of their Mirror subscription" ; 2-pp. letter, 11/27/1957, from L.D. Hotchkiss (LAT Editor) to Robert T. Hartmann (LAT Washington DC Bureau Chief).
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Miami Herald v. Pat Tornillo, U.S. Supreme Court No. 73-797
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2 items: two booklets, "Supreme Court of the United States (1973) - Miami Herald Publishing Co. vs. Pat L. Tornillo, Jr.," Amicus Curae Brief on the Merits & Amicus Curae Brief on Jurisdiction.
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