On July 30, 1965, a court had made a judgement of a trial previously in court, which General Edwin Walker was given to have had been against the Associated Press in a libel action. Later, the case was brought to the Supreme Court of the United States. On June 12, 1967 the Supreme Court came to a decision that General Edwin Walker was not entitled to the damages that were towards the Associated Press. It was in Walker’s favor, so they had thought but it was acted against him with the choice given by the Supreme Court but there was no proof of malice to punish him directly for it. With the final judgement of the trial and previous given judgement General Walker was to get nothing from the Associated Press and he was to repay all the costs due