The Public [electronic resource] : Private Figure Status of Corporate and Executive Libel Plaintiffs after "Gertz." / Robert E. Drechsel and Deborah Moon.

Since 1974, when the Supreme Court concluded in "Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc." that public figures and private figures deserve different treatment under libel law (with private figures needing a lower standard of proof), most lower courts have had to sort out the two categories. From the re...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Drechsel, Robert E.
Other Authors:	Moon, Deborah
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1982.
Subjects:	Business. Court Doctrine. Court Litigation. Freedom of Speech. Journalism. Media Research. News Media.