Word: suede
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Judges Can Be Sued Too. While it is often said that no one in the U.S. is above the law, judges have long been immune from harassing damage suits by those who believe they have been wronged in court. The U.S. Supreme Court, however, has now ruled that even judges...
Taxpayers for Vincent sued, saying their right to free speech had been abridged. The Supreme Court ruled, 6 to 3, that it had not been. The court found that the ordinance was narrowly tailored to meet Los Angeles' legitimate and significant goal of protecting the city's aesthetics...
The ruling was also a relief for reviewers. Last December a Manhattan jury awarded libel damages to a restaurateur who sued a publisher over an article that criticized his food. That verdict seemed to threaten all critics whose reviews are less than glowing. Had last week's Supreme Court...
The Justices may have helped discourage arbitrary libel actions against the press by reaffirming the right of appellate judges to conduct their own reviews in such cases. Said Washington Libel Lawyer Bruce Sanford: "This sends a message to libel plaintiffs that they can't go out and inflame the...
In the Consumer Reports article, an evaluation of several loudspeaker systems, the Bose model 901 was criticized for producing sounds that "tended to wander about the room." Bose Corp. sued in federal court in Boston, claiming product disparagement. After extensive testimony from the engineer responsible for the choice of words...