Word: libelous
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...told a Law School Forum audience he supports the Court's ruling last month that a reporter must reveal his state of mind when writing an article that is later challenged in a libel case...
...many court watchers believed that reasoning would stand up in the Supreme Court. Writing for the majority, Justice Byron White asserted that the press already has a great deal of protection against libel suits. Ever since the landmark New York Times vs. Sullivan case in 1964, public officials-and, since 1966, public figures like Colonel Herbert-must prove "actual malice." That means that a journalist consciously lied or had serious doubts about the accuracy of his report. Sullivan thus made it essential to focus on the reporter's state of mind, argued White. Apparently, he added, no journalist...
...fair game in libel cases, says the Supreme Court...
...access to journalists' phone records, and in a decision that shocked many reporters, upheld a surprise police raid of a newspaper office. Last week the high court ruled 6 to 3 that newsmen must answer questions about what they were thinking when they prepared reports that resulted in libel suits. "The courts can take your notes, the Government can take your telephone records, and the police can march into the newsroom," said Jack Landau of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. "Now libel lawyers can go into your brain. I'd like to know what...
Last week Flom showed some of the qualities that have made him the undisputed "King of the Takeovers." In a bold move, American Express sued McGraw-Hill for libel and "publicly disseminating false and misleading statements designed to induce McGraw-Hill shareholders to reject American Express's tender offer." Attackers do not expect to be loved, but they rarely sue for libel. The 22-page complaint was aimed at silencing Harold McGraw, the publishing company's chief, who earlier in the week took out ads harshly attacking American Express, its chairman, James Robinson, and its president, Roger Morley...