Harper & Row, Publishers v. Nation Enterprises
471 U.S. 539 (1985) - full text opinion
Many people remember Gerald Ford for his pardon of Richard Nixon over the Watergate scandal. However, in his autobiography, Ford describes some of the other interesting facts of his life, such as when he turned down playing professional football to attend Yale Law School, or how he was nearly assassinated twice within three weeks.
Victor Navasky is now a professor at the Columbia School of Journalism and both The Nation and Time Magazine continue to publish. Take a minute to read Time's 1985 coverage of this decision.