Zurcher v. Stanford Daily 436 U.S. 547 (1978) is a United States Supreme Court case from 1978 in which the Stanford Daily, a student news publication at Stanford University, was searched by police after they suspected the paper to be in possession of photographs of a demonstration that took place at the campus' medical center in April 1971.

In 1971, the police officers of Palo Alto, California obtained a search warrant of the main office of The Stanford Daily. The police were looking for evidence (pictures) involving a violent fight between the police and a group of protestors. This case involved the police and the Standard Daily because it was said that they held pictures proving this incident happened. The pictures were needed to prove who the assailants were. pictures of a violent clash between a group of protesters and the police; the pictures were needed to identify the assailants.

The Stanford Daily was created in 1892.

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Neil Zurcher was born on 1935-11-12.