Word: libeling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ideal of unhampered public debate on public issues got an unprecedented boost in 1963 when the Supreme Court raised the First Amendment right of free speech as a shield against state libel laws. That shield, ruled the court in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, prevents a public official from collecting damages for even false criticism of his conduct, unless he proves that the statement was "made with 'actual malice'-that is, with knowledge that it was false, or with reckless disregard of whether...
Mark DeWolfe Howe '28, professor of Law, is fighting to reverse a $60,000 libel decision against the staff of a small civil rights newsletter in Mississippi...
...newspaper called a Negro school principal an 'Uncle Tom' and a 'stoogo' last spring. He lost his job soon afterwards and sued for libel and slander damages," Howe explained. "But such a suit by a public official was clearly ruled out by the Supreme Court in New York Times v. Sullivan. The trouble with Ashland is that they say they don't know anything about the decision, don't like it and don't want to hear about...
...DEFENDERS (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Rerun of an episode in which the Prestons take on a libel suit for a blacklisted movie actor (Jack Klugman...
...would have written sooner to thank you for Jake Brackman's sketch of me but I have had my hands full trying to persuade by tailor not to sue the CRIMSON for libel. I have never owned, or even been tempted to rent, a suit "with wide stripes and wider lapels." I must also, in justice to past employers for whom I retain a deep and grateful affection, correct his story that I started my own news-letter because I was "tired of researching news that city editors wouldn't print." On the contrary I started my Weekly...