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By now, even casual trial followers are aware that a public figure who sues a newspaper or magazine for libel must prove not only that the story is false but that it was published with reckless disregard for the truth. This test of "actual malice" was meant to safeguard the...
The case involves a 1979 Post story that implied Tavoulareas had improperly "set up" his son in a London shipping company and then channeled millions of dollars in Mobil business to the firm. A jury found that Tavoulareas had been libeled and awarded him $2.05 million. Judge Oliver Gasch, who...
Mobil's boycott is the latest chapter in a long-running feud between the oil company and the paper. In a story published in April 1983 the Journal claimed that the son of William Tavoulareas, then president of Mobil, had sold ships to the company, thus raising questions about...
Although the Journal is written essentially for the business community, and is often shrill in its editorial page conservatism, the news columns are eminently fair. Indeed, the paper is sometimes at odds with itself: the editorial page has asserted repeatedly that the Soviet Union is engaging in chemical warfare in...
Big Oil launched a counterattack. At a congressional hearing last week, oil company executives denounced the measure. Said Gulf Chairman James E. Lee: "The moratorium would be devastating for Gulf. It would put us in limbo." Added Socal's Keller: "It would be a case of trying to solve...