JOU 4380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Kim Mulkey, National Enquirer, Elmer Gertz
28 Mar 2017
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Came right after the freedom riots, montgomery, al. Nyt reporter wrote that the police commissioner had encouraged the police to do brutal things to the rioters. Sullivan (police commissioner) sued and won; nyt lost because of strict liability . If a little piece is wrong, the whole things is wrong. Some people are more important than government officials; later cases turn this to. Reckless disregard for the truth; knowledge of the falsity. Brennan: you must thrust yourself into matters of public concern into the spotlight. Libel published (in some form), even a letter sent to faculta. Lawyers are expensive, you won"t win much. Defamation the publication of material that would tend to hold one up to hatred, ridicule, contempt or spite - two torts: libel and slander. Libel: publication of defamatory matter or printed words or by some other physical form. Slander: defamatory communication by spoken words, gestures or other transitory means. Won money for being called a bad lawyer.
