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27 Nova L. Rev. 365 (2002-2003)
When Time Stands Still: An Argument for Restoring Public Figures to Private Status

handle is hein.journals/novalr27 and id is 383 raw text is: When Time Stands Still: An Argument for Restoring Public Figures to Private Status Olympia R. Duhart TABLE OF CONTENTS I. IN TRODUCTION ............................................................................. 365 II. PUBLIC FIGURES AND THE LAW ..................................................... 367 A. New York Times v. Sullivan ............................................... 367 B. Expanding New York Times ............................................... 370 C. W ho Is a Public Figure? ...................................................... 373 III. REPRESENTATIVE CASES .............................................................. 376 A. Brewer v. Memphis Publishing Co ...................................... 376 B . Friedan v. Friedan ................................................................ 378 C . B ernstein v. N B C ................................................................. 380 D . A Closer Look at Sidis ......................................................... 381 IV . O NE M ORE TEST ........................................................................... 384 V . C ONCLUSION ................................................................................. 386 I. INTRODUCTION He never had a chance. William James Sidis was too shy, too introverted, and far too withdrawn to ever survive the barrage of publicity that surrounded him because of his preternatural mathematical skills.t The brilliant scholar, who had lectured to mathematicians on the topic of four- dimensional bodies at the age of eleven, and graduated Harvard at the age of sixteen,2 could not cope with the media attention that tracked his academic success. Within time, the bright light of media glitz proved too brilliant, indeed. The one-time child prodigy-who suffered a nervous break-down from the unwanted attention-abandoned his intellectual pursuits in favor of * The author is a May 2003 J.D. candidate at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Miami. Prior to law school, she taught American Literature and Creative Writing at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. She also worked as a staff writer for The Miami Herald. The author would like to thank her family and friends for their support. 1. See Sidis v. F-R Publ'g Corp., 113 F.2d 806 (2d Cir. 1940). 2. Id. at 807.

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