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Westmoreland had been in charge of ground operations and tactical air support in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. In January of 1982, he brought a libel suit against CBS for what he claimed was a misrepresentative portrayal of him in a "60 Minutes" segment on the Vietnam War. Earlier this year, Westmoreland withdrew the suit...
Then, in midsummer, Janeway was confronted with a well-publicized libel trial initiated by former Massachusetts Republican Gubernatorial Candidate John Lakian. Though he had nothing to do with the 1982 story that sparked Lakian's suit, Janeway attended the five-week trial every day, sitting next to the accused reporter to show his support. When the jury delivered a confusing verdict that seemed to go against the Globe, Janeway made a rare appearance in the newsroom to explain why the paper's lawyers thought that Judge George Jacobs would rule in the Globe's favor. The following week, Jacobs indeed...
Other speculation on Laxalt's withdrawal focuses on his $250 million libel suit against the Sacramento Bee and two sister newspapers. A 1983 Bee article alleged that nearly $2 million was skimmed from the Ormsby House, a casino- hotel Laxalt established in Carson City after his gubernatorial term ended in 1971. Laxalt denies that the suit has any bearing on his announcement, but the case is moving toward trial, and the newspaper, in support of its case, has amassed boxes of potentially embarrassing notes and documents...
...been following the Lakian trial you would know that I used the words "substantially true" as did our attorneys in court, precisely because of their meaning in legal terms. Their reference to libel, specifically, as stated in our legal briefs, is this: "The allegedly defamatory statements contained in the article need not be literally true for them to be protected, but rather must only be 'substantially true.'(There follow five legal citations which I'd be delighted to share with you, but shall not bother your readers with at this time.) Continuing. "As one court has phrased it, only...
...there are no damages, then there is no legal harm and no libel. The Globe won the lawsuit"--Floyd Abrams, prominent First Amendment lawyer, who defended The New York Times" in its 1971 Pentagon Pentagon Papers case...