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...Westmoreland and company, I accept Professor Nesson's view...that there should be a ways short of the destructive power of the damages and costs as they exist now of redeeming your reputation. And in fact, as your question implies, the present system is lousy for the plaintiff as well as for the defendant. Where do you get these millions? When you sue CBS they drag you through the courts and they make you go to depositions seven days a week and you're bankrupt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The First Amendment Under Fire | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

Lewis: I have my own pet theory, which is the approach used in France and Germany. And that is that you should have a declaratory action too the plaintiff says that such and such a statement about him or her is untrue The action is only designed to clear the name. No damages The only thing you get if you win is. A, a court order to the offending publication to carry a retraction, and B. the cost of your lawyer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The First Amendment Under Fire | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

...depocket the other side by exhaustively inquiring and putting the other side to the expense of depositions and so forth. It works just the other way around as well, because the way the defense of truth works, the other side has the reciprocal ability to inquire into the plaintiff in depth to try and establish whatever they said was true. It becomes a game of who can depocket the other side rather than a process of truly trying to vindicate some legitimate interest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The First Amendment Under Fire | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

...second day of Federal Case 83 Civ. 4660, Ariel Sharon vs. Time Inc. The wood-paneled courtroom in lower Manhattan was crowded but hushed as the plaintiff took the stand. "My parents were people who fought for the truth that they believed," said Sharon, the former Defense Minister of Israel. "And defending the truth, defending your truth, your people's truth, that was also what brought me here, 6,000 miles away from home, to this American court." Earlier, Time Inc.'s lawyers had presented the case differently. Sharon's lawsuit, they argued, "is part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Battling over a Paragraph | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

...dismissing the case of procedural grounds a week ago Friday, skinner expressed what appeared to be regret: "The substance of plaintiff's case is potentially interesting and for a while it looked as if the chance at least to try the issues on the merits could be preserved...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: Tenure in the Courts | 10/27/1984 | See Source »

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