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Zenger's case also established that libel cases, though they were civil rather than criminal cases, could be heard by a jury, which would have the authority to rule on the allegations and to set the amount of monetary damages awarded. [4] The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was designed specifically to protect freedom of the press.
A prayer for relief, in the law of civil procedure, is a portion of a complaint in which the plaintiff describes the remedies that the plaintiff seeks from the court. For example, the plaintiff may ask for an award of compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorney's fees, an injunction to make the defendant stop a certain activity, or all of these.
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323 (1974), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court establishing the standard of First Amendment protection against defamation claims brought by private individuals.
The $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News is set to go to trial on Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know before it begins.
Pages in category "United States defamation case law" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Under questioning from Trump's lawyer Alina Habba at a civil damages trial in federal court in Manhattan, Carroll, 80, acknowledged receiving more attention from media and celebrities since ...
Donald Trump attended the first day of his civil defamation trial, watching as a jury was selected to determine how much, if any, damages the former president must pay to E. Jean Carroll for his ...
This term was adopted by the Supreme Court in its landmark 1964 ruling in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, [2] in which the Warren Court held that: . The constitutional guarantees require, we think, a Federal rule that prohibits a public official from recovering damages for a defamatory falsehood relating to his official conduct unless he proves that the statement was made with 'actual malice ...